To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition,
copy the files from the distribution into a directory
called C:\FREEBSD. The directory tree structure
of the CDROM must be partially reproduced within this directory
so we suggest using the DOS xcopy
command. For example, to prepare for a minimal installation of
FreeBSD:
C> MD C:\FREEBSD
C> XCOPY /S E:\DISTS\BIN C:\FREEBSD\BIN\
C> XCOPY /S E:\FLOPPIES C:\FREEBSD\FLOPPIES\
C: is where you have free space
and E: is where your CDROM is mounted. Note
that you need the FLOPPIES directory because
the root.flp image is needed during an MS-DOS
installation.
For as many `DISTS' you wish to install from MS-DOS
(and you have free space for), install each one under
C:\FREEBSD - the BIN dist is only the
minimal requirement. If you have room on your MS-DOS
partition for all the distributions, you could replace
the last line above with:
C> XCOPY /S E:\DISTS C:\FREEBSD\
E:\DISTS to C:\FREEBSD.