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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-02-16 00:54:58 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-02-16 00:54:58 +0000
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Document setup.exe.
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@@ -223,11 +223,19 @@ For as many `DISTS' as you wish to install from DOS (and you have free
space for), install each one in a directory under `C:\FREEBSD' - the
BIN dist is only the minimal requirement.
-Now you can simply launch the installation from DOS by running the
-following command: e:\fbsdboot.exe -D e:\kernel
-(note: Some memory managers don't like this; disable QEMM or
-EMM386 if they're running before trying this) or making
-a boot floppy as described in section 2.1, Installing from CDROM.
+IMPORTANT NOTE: Though you can do all of the above by hand if you really
+want to, all of it is much more easily accomplished now by Robert Nordier's
+"setup.exe" program. It will give you a menu of distribution choices,
+verify that you have enough free space and do all the copying to C:\FREEBSD
+for you automatically.
+
+
+Once you've copied the directories or run setup.exe and let it do all the
+work for you, you can simply launch the installation from DOS by running the
+install.bat script (NOTE: Some memory managers don't like this -
+disable QEMM or EMM386 if they're running before trying this) or making
+a boot floppy as described in section 2.1.
+
2.4 Before installing from QIC/SCSI Tape:
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