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