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From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Did anyone ever get a floppy install of FreeBSD -- how?????
Date: 17 Jul 1997 20:38:59 GMT
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Bob Keys (rdkeys@unity.ncsu.edu) wrote:
: Second query...... Has anyone ever gotten a floppy install of FreeBSD to
: work?  I would like to try a minimal install to build a troff/tex writing
: box, but my one try at a floppy install did not work correctly.  Many
: ftp installs have worked just fine.  I have not tried cdrom installs, but
: I don't have a cdrom on the box in question.  Comments/suggestions/other
: experiences or war stories appreciated.

I actually did do a minimal floppy install once. :)  I will NEVER do it
again. :)  That was 2.1.5, though, your mileage may vary.

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