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authormurray <murray@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-09 16:11:56 +0000
committermurray <murray@FreeBSD.org>2002-12-09 16:11:56 +0000
commitf0b3c3e57d3868cceda65a3e339bb1373d6316ee (patch)
treee5bb5d8b1fcdb867b7da7a551cbfe3f31986f27b /release
parentd1a4fc87b68d64aa9d2deef2f8c419156a44df00 (diff)
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Note that users may need the third drivers.flp image to complete an
installation. Approved by: re (bmah)
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml
index a2bc8b7..0f1456f 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/install.sgml
@@ -134,10 +134,12 @@ from {alpha,i386}/INSTALL.TXT.
supports bootable CDROMs, the steps outlined in this section will
not be needed and can be skipped.</para>
- <para arch="i386,alpha">For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need to
+ <para arch="i386,alpha">For most CDROM or network installations, all you need to
copy onto actual floppies from the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory are the
<filename>kern.flp</filename> and <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>
- images (for 1.44MB floppies).</para>
+ images (for 1.44MB floppies). Depending on your hardware, you may
+ also need to make the third <filename>drivers.flp</filename> image
+ to provide necessary device drivers.</para>
<para arch="pc98">For a normal CDROM or network installation, all you need
to copy onto actual floppies from the <filename>floppies/</filename>
@@ -147,9 +149,10 @@ from {alpha,i386}/INSTALL.TXT.
<para arch="i386,alpha,pc98">Getting these images over the network is easy. Simply fetch
the
- <replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>/floppies/kern.flp</filename>
+ <replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>/floppies/kern.flp</filename>,
+ <replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>/floppies/mfsroot.flp</filename>,
and
- <replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>/floppies/mfsroot.flp</filename>
+ <replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>/floppies/drivers.flp</filename>
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