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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.233.85.167!shore!news From: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1.6.1 Upgrade gripe Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:42:25 -0500 Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates Lines: 15 Message-ID: <32EBDDD1.167EB0E7@rwwa.com> References: <5cepah$936@uuneo.neosoft.com> <32EB9179.22C3@erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rwwa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34505 gbh@erols.com wrote: > > Why do you need DOS? Why not boot from a floppy and continue > the installation? > Because, I'd guess, the 2.1.6.1 floppy doesn't probe his CDROM drive, like it fails to probe quite a few. If the atapi stuff in incomming is any good, what is the chance of generating a floppy that uses it instead? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 592 8935, Net: witr@rwwa.COM