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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!207.67.253.7!atmnet.net!news.lightside.com!dcs68.dcsi.net!user From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: help please!! Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 07:59:48 -0700 Organization: Lightside, Inc. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <fred-3006970759490001@dcs68.dcsi.net> References: <33B6738F.262E@lynx.dac.neu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcs68.dcsi.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.3.1 X-no-archive: yes Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43841 In article <33B6738F.262E@lynx.dac.neu.edu>, khammond@lynx.dac.neu.edu wrote: >could someone please explain this install stuff that to me means >#$@^&*being the beginner that I am. I am trying to get freebsd on my >computer I have a ppp account to connect to my college and use win95 but >can get confused using ms-dos. What does this below mean- I have >downloaded fdimage and boot.flp to my c: drive in the folder >c:\freebsd??? Thanks,that is if I get a response... > >2.Download the installation boot disk image file to your hard drive, and >be sure to tell your browser to save > rather than display. Note: This disk image can only be used with >1.44 megabyte 3.5 inch floppy disks. > 3.Make the installation boot disk from the image file: > If you are using MS-DOS download fdimage.exe, then run it like >so: > > E:\> tools\fdimage floppies\boot.flp a: > > The program will format the A: drive and then copy the >boot.flp image onto it (assuming that you're at > the top level of a FreeBSD distribution and the floppy images >live in the floppies subdirectory). the comand: fdimage boot.flp a: will create a bootable floppy, which, whe you boot from it, will launch the FreeBSD installer. Note: you'll need to know what you're doing in order not to wipe out your Win95 installation. It would be best to find a fellow student at your college who is familiar with doing multi-OS installations with FreeBSD. I always install FreeBSD as the only OS, so I'm afraid I can't help you much there. -- http://www.lightside.net/~fred/ + net access + http://www.lightside.net/ "Attempts to control the use of encryption technology are wrong in principle, unworkable in practice, and damaging to the long term economic value of the information networks." - UK Labour Party