to write the kern.flp floppy image to disk.

Repeat the preceding process to copy mfsroot.flp to a second floppy disk, substituting mfsroot.flp for kern.flp.

If you're running Microsoft Windows, you'll need a special utility that will copy disk images for you. Microsoft doesn't provide one, but FreeBSD does, and you'll find it in the "tools" subdirectory of the main directory for your release— it is called fdimage.exe.

Fdimage.exe is a free program that you can run under Windows to copy disk images, and it's quite easy to use. For example, to copy the floppy image kern.flp to the floppy in your a: drive, enter the following at a DOS prompt:

...............................................................................................

c:> fdimage kern.flp a:

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Once the floppy drive finishes churning (which may take a while), repeat the process for mfsroot.flp using a second floppy disk.

Other FTP Install Information

If your local network uses DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to assign IP addresses and other network information, things should Just Work. If your network administrators assign IP addresses by hand, however, you will need to get the following information from your network administrator:

∙IP address for your FreeBSD system

∙IP addresses of nameservers used by your network

∙Your network's default gateway

[2]Since I've now mentioned a particular FTP server by name, it's going to be overloaded by those folks who follow instructions to the absolute letter. Pick a server. Pick any server. Poke around until you find one that works well for you.

Hardware Setup

In order to continue with your hardware setup, you'll need to make a quick trip to the BIOS. Most computers let you enter the BIOS setup screen immediately after booting, usually by pressing F2 or the DELETE key.

Once you're in the setup screen, set the computer to boot from your chosen media, either floppy disk or CD. Floppy disks are shown either as "floppy" or "A:". CD−ROMs are usually listed as "CDROM".

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