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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Downloading freebsd to a PC ???
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 07:41:43 GMT
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In article <4os0df$asv@jraynard.demon.co.uk>, james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) wrote:
>In article <4oqu62$424@tzlink.j51.com>, k <landau@yu1.yu.edu> wrote:
>>at. Can anyone out there tell me what files I need to take down in
>>order to install frebsd on a DOS PC. I could download it to one
>>machine and transfer the files onto the dos machine if it is possible
>>to install directly from the machine. Otherwise, I could install it
>>from disks.

You may install from a DOS partition if you'd like.

>The directory you are looking for is called something like 
>
>/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE
>
>(Sorry, I'm not online at the moment).
>
>It should have a number of directories in it, plus a few files with
>names like INSTALL.TXT and README.TXT, which you should read (and
>perhaps print out).
>
>Grab boot.flp from the floppies subdirectory and use it to make a boot
>disk as per the instructions. If you're going to be online when you
>install, all you need to do is boot with it and the install program
>will automatically pull down the necessary files.

You'll also need rawrite.exe from the tools directory to write the floppy 
image.

-- 
Conrad Sabatier -- http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads/