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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1697 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:54:08 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Installation Question Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 11:15:18 GMT Message-ID: <C2p0LK.5pI@sugar.neosoft.com> References: <1993Feb19.003821.26966@netcom.com> <1m1its$5p1@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> Lines: 13 In article <1m1its$5p1@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes: > Your installed kit of base utilities off the installation disk includes > "mread" which will read MS-DOS formatted disks. It should also contain cpio, which is probably a better format for this purpose. I installed 386BSD from a set of CPIOed floppies instead of DOS floppies, and it works fine. If you can write CPIO floppies your BSD-to-be box can read (same disk type and density) you might want to do that instead. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Oletko halannut suttasi tänään? 'U` Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.