Fix the document title to match the format of our other docs.

Clean up some stuff so that it reads a little better (some one please
review this for me!)

Adaptec controllers are 154x and 174x series.  Add Buslogic 545S.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR FreeBSD 1.0 EPSILON
FLOPPY INSTALLATION NOTES
FreeBSD
Release 1.0
Welcome to FreeBSD! This document has been put together in an effort
to make initial installation of the system as easy as possible.
to make initial installation from floppy of the system as easy as possible.
1. To install FreeBSD you will need 4 floppies, as well as the bulk of
the distribution on some other medium (floppy, tape, CD, etc). If
you've retrieved this release from the net, you'll first have to make
the floppies yourself using the supplied images.
1. To install FreeBSD you will need 3 (4 if you choose to add the optional
DOS floppy) floppies, as well as the bulk of the distribution on some
other medium (floppy, tape, CD, etc). If you've retrieved this release
from the net, you'll first have to make the floppies yourself using
the supplied images.
Due to the differences in PC configurations, we've found it necessary
to provide multiple initial boot images that provide kernels for
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If your disk controller is one of:
IDE/ST506
Adaptec 1542{A,B,C}
Adaptec 1742A
MFM / RLL / IDE / ST506
Adaptec 154x series
Adaptec 174x series
Buslogic 545S
Then please use the disk image: kcopy-ah-floppy
to construct your boot floppy.
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If your disk controller is one of:
Bustek 742a
UltraStore {14,34}F
UltraStore 14F or 34F
Then please use the disk image: kcopy-bt-floppy
to construct your boot floppy.
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You'll have the option of loading the programs that are on
the dos floppy in the last stage of the boot process.
2. Boot the first floppy. When it asks you to insert the file system,
insert your second ``filesystem-floppy.'' Follow the instructions
2. Boot the first floppy. When it asks you to insert the file system floppy,
insert the second floppy ``filesystem-floppy.'' Follow the instructions
that floppy gives you. If partitions already exist on the hard disk,
then by default, FreeBSD attempts to install at the end of these.
Before rebooting, note the type of disk it says to copy the kernel
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4. Making sure that there's no floppy in the drive, press return to boot
from the hard disk. After it has booted and is asking what drive the
cpio floppy is in, insert the third floppy (cpio-floppy) into a
cpio floppy is in, insert the third floppy ``cpio-floppy'' into a
floppy drive and answer the question about what drive it is in.
Note that 0 is the same as DOS drive A:, and 1 is the same as DOS
drive B:
5. After the cpio-floppy has been copied to the disk, remove it from the
drive. If there are programs on the dos-floppy that you would like
drive. If there are programs on the dos-floppy that you would like
installed, then insert this disk in a floppy drive. Again, specify
the drive to read from.
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freebsd.cdrom.com - please have a look around! You may also find
this a good time to read the release notes in RELNOTES.FreeBSD.
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