What you need to get the system working: If you're installing from 3.5" floppies, get the files: ./386bsd/floppies/3in/dist.fs ./386bsd/floppies/3in/bin/* ./386bsd/floppies/3in/src/* (OPTIONAL -- the source on floppies) If you're installing from 5.25" floppies, get the files: ./386bsd/floppies/5in/dist.fs ./386bsd/floppies/5in/bin/* ./386bsd/floppies/5in/src/* (OPTIONAL -- the source on floppies) In addition, if you're installing from an MS-DOS system, you must get: ./rawrite/* to allow you to put the disk images on floppies from DOS. How to put things on floppies: For DOS, use rawrite -- see the rawrite documentation -- I can't figure it out, because I no longer have a DOS system to try it on. 8-) For SunOS on Sparcstations (3.5" floppies only): For each disk image, use the command: dd if= of=/dev/rfd0 For NeXT Mach (3.5" floppies only): For each disk image, use the command: dd if= of=/dev/rfd0b For AIX on an RS/6000 (probably w/Gnu dd, 3.5" floppies only): For each disk image, use the command: dd if= of=/dev/rfd0 bs=18b Note that with the exception of the boot disk, the disks are just one big compressed tar archive. Therefore, if, during installation, you have problems with the 'mr' command, try 'mr'ing a disk at a time into a file, then catting the resulting files together, *then* uncompressing and untarring that large file. --- If you find a problem with this documentation, please tell me... Chris Demetriou cgd@agate.berkeley.edu