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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news From: gbh@erols.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1.6.1 Upgrade gripe Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:16:41 -0500 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 12 Message-ID: <32EB9179.22C3@erols.com> References: <5cepah$936@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: spg-as58s38.erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34525 > Just got the CD-ROM the other day from Walnut Creek and decided to do the > upgrade from 2.1.5 today. The same old aggravation with the IDE CD-ROM > drive. Grrrr! > > Which brings to mind a troubling question: *why* is it necessary to use > DOS at all to *upgrade*?... Why do you need DOS? Why not boot from a floppy and continue the installation? --Greg