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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!ix.netcom.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mtu.edu!msunews!gvsu!river.it.gvsu.edu!behrensm 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 Organization: Grand Valley State University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5qlvt3$nm8@news.gvsu.edu> References: <5qjkrp$ol@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: river.it.gvsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44578 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. -- Matt Behrens <zigg@iserv.net> Support the anti-spam amendment! Zigg Computer Services Visit http://www.cauce.org/ http://www.iserv.net/~zigg/