Re: Question on install

[Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>]

>What I did:
>desire:/space/debian/bo/disks-i386/current # cat resc1440.bin >/dev/fd0
>desire:/space/debian/bo/disks-i386/current # md5sum </dev/fd0
>986c8099396350772a6e43264f145e66
>desire:/space/debian/bo/disks-i386/current # md5sum resc1440.bin
>986c8099396350772a6e43264f145e66  resc1440.bin

I think your file is wrong:
voyager:~# md5sum </dev/fd0
ebde1e3ada37600b4aafeb729734e284

>Is it possible that I should not have copied the bin files on my dos
>partition and then by disc to the other computer? Perhaps the binaries
>did not make it?

It looks that way.

                             - Jim Van Zandt

P.S.

>Dammit, what's it I'm overseeing?
                       ^^^^^^^^^^ 
should be "overlooking".  Yes, I know, English is a difficult
language.  I'm just luck to have grown up with it :-)