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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cpio vs Root
Date: 9 Jun 1995 12:44:12 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <3r6noe$e69@fnord.dfw.net>,  <donsethf@dump.com> wrote:
>Is the root file in 2.0.5A the same as the cpio file in 2.0?

Yes, with one small difference:  The 2.0.5 boot floppy tries
to get it over just about any media but floppy, with floppy being
the final fall-back.

					Jordan