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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.he.net!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!excalibur.flash.net!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news3.crl.com!nntp2.crl.com!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: to1tech@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help install 2.2.2 on laptop Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 02:25:30 -0700 Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Message-ID: <F31E740612D7346D.B4B9DC00E48D808D.E513BDDA61541711@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <3391400A.201C@ix.netcom.com> References: <19970531231601.TAA09607@ladder02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Jun 01 12:24:57 AM PDT 1997 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-NC320 (Win16; I) To: A731107 <a731107@aol.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42174 A731107 wrote: > > I downloaded 2.2.2. floppies. Put the bin directory in the c:\bin > directory and tried > repeatedly to install with no luck. Never reads the binaries off the c: > drive or off flopppies or off my cdrom. > > Can you suggest something? > > thanks A731107, Boot from the floppy first. Or check the FAQ at freebsd.org. Machine type makes a difference. dt