Added my boilerplace filelist to Q 2.1, "What files to download..."

Added new question regarding removing an IDE ZIP to get the boot floppy
to go beyond the `Probing Devices...' dialog.

Submitted by: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Jordan K. Hubbard 1998-05-19 01:45:17 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.2 1998-05-19 01:45:17 jkh Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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partitions, whatever's necessary to get the reset of the bits
installed).
<p>If you need to download the distributions yourself (for a DOS
filesystem install, for instance), below are some recommendations
for distributions to grab:
<itemize>
<item> bin/<newline>
<item> manpages/<newline>
<item> compat*/<newline>
<item> doc/ <newline>
<item> src/ssys.* <newline>
</itemize>
<p>Full instructions on this procedure and a little bit more about
installation issues in general can be found in the <url
url="../handbook/install.html"
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<tt>&lt;majordomo@braae.ru.ac.za&gt;</tt>.
<sect1>
<heading>The boot floppy starts but hangs at the ``Probing Devices...''
screen.</heading>
<p>If you have a IDE Zip or Jaz drive installed, remove it and try again.
The boot floppy has trouble probing these devices and can confuse it.
After the system is installed you can reconnect the drive. Hopefully
this will be fixed in a later release.
</sect>