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- From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva)
- Subject: Re: 2.1 beta: is it possible to install directly from the cd-rom?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.200729.12888@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:07:29 GMT
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- Andy Poulsen (apoulsen@athena.mit.edu) wrote:
- : from the postings i've seen on the 2.1 beta (since i arrived back from
- : vacation) it appears to me that it is not possible to install the 2.1
- : beta directly from the cd-rom i.e. you have to create floppies from the
- : cd-rom and then install. is this in fact the case? or am i mistaken
- : (hopefully) and it's possible to install directly?
-
- Andy
- To install from the CD you need to make 2 diskettes to boot from. After
- they boot thru, everything else is copied from the CD.
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- David A. Silva
- "The Sleeper has awakened" - Mua'dib
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