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From: to1tech@ix.netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help install 2.2.2 on laptop
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 02:25:30 -0700
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A731107 wrote:
> 
> I downloaded 2.2.2. floppies.  Put the bin directory in the c:\bin
> directory and tried
> repeatedly to install with no luck.  Never reads the binaries off the c:
> drive or off flopppies or off my cdrom.
> 
> Can you suggest something?
> 
> thanks
A731107,
		Boot from the floppy first. Or check the FAQ at freebsd.org. Machine
type makes a difference.
dt