Mention that CDROMs have a slightly different layout than what is

pictured here.  We might want to show a real CDROM layout here.

Also clarify that whatever's in the floppies/ directory is primarily
useful to users who actually need to boot from floppy to start an
installation.
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INSTALL.TXT catpages compat4x games src
README.HTM cdrom.inf crypto info tools</screen>
<para>If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this
distribution directory, all you need to do is make the 1.44MB boot
floppies from the floppies directory (see
<para>These same files are contained in the first CDROM of a
multi-disk set, but they are laid out slightly differently on the
disk. On most architectures, the installation CDROM also contains
a <quote>live filesystem</quote> in addition to the distribution
files. The live filesystem is useful when repairing or
troubleshooting an existing &os; installation (see <xref
linkend="trouble"> for how to use this).</para>
<para>The <filename>floppies</filename> directory will be of
particular interest to users who are unable to boot from the CDROM
media (but are able to read the CDROM by other means). It is easy
to generate a set of 1.44MB boot
floppies from the <filename>floppies</filename> directory (see
<xref linkend="floppies"> for instructions on how to
do this), boot them and follow the instructions. The rest of the
do this) and use these to start an installation from CDROM, FTP, or
NFS. The rest of the
data needed during the installation will be obtained automatically
based on your selections. If you've never installed &os; before,
you also want to read the entirety of this document (the