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From: victorwu@hk.net (Victor Wai Hung WU)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Unable to install FreeBSD using kcopy_ah (or bt) .flp
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 20:27:39
Organization: Business Infrastructure Technology Ltd
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Hello there,

I am brand new to FreeBSD. I have recently got FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 from the net 
through ftp. I make the three floppy disks, i.e. kcopy_ah.flp, 
(kcopy_bt.flp as well) filesys.flp, and cpio.flp and put the bin_tgz.aa - 
bin_tgz.cl on floppies as well. I have also bought a 420 M hard disk for it in 
preparation for the installation.

I made those three floppies using the rawrite.exe from the dostools directory. 
However, after I have put the kcopy_ah.flp disk into my 3.5" floppy drive and 
reboot the machine, I machine just neglect the floppy and boot up DOS from my 
C: drive as if there is nothing in the 3.5" Drive A: . I have tried to use the 
kcopy_bt.flp and it behaves exactly the same. I wonder if I have done anything 
wrong or missed anything.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Victor W H Wu
(victorwu@hk.net)
10th Sept., 1994.