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From: Vlad <roubtsov@uiuc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CDROM Installation Probs.
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 13:01:32 -0500
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Chris wrote:
> 
> Brian,
> 
> I'm kind of new to this myself. I have a 2.1 FreeBSD CD from Walnut
> Creek. I didn't have the start up disk to install the CD. However, I
> went to www.freebsd.org to download the image file to copy on the floppy
> to create a startup disk. Now, as I enter the installation menu.
> Everything is fine, except when it reaches the copying of files to the
> hard drive. The installation tells me that it is unable to copy the
> distribution files to the hard disk, since it is not a 2.1.5 version or
> earlier. What gives? Shouldn't the image file compatible for all
> version? If not, where can I get my hands on one? Any ideas would be
> appreciated. Thanks.

You got the "boot.flp" image for v2.1, didn't you? If not, it wouldn't
be too hard to get the correct image and try again.

Vlad.