Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 05:12:22 -0500 From: Paul Timmins <paul@timmins.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installing to NFS root using PCMCIA NIC Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20001231050540.00a953d8@timmins.net>
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This may seem like a really weird thing to do, because it is. I have this laptop with a toasted HDD, and i want to netboot it. I don't see any docs that seem to cover this admittedly strange configuration, but I am sure there is a really really hackish way I can at least get this up and running. I have the NFS root mounted on /mnt. I am ready to install. Is there any way of telling the installer to install to this? I am ready. I am not worried about the startup process, I'll take care of that later. I DO want the base install on it tho, and would really like to avoid doing this all at a command line. This thing still has a working processor and system board, and that is all I care about. I once installed slackware on it using a parallel port zip as my root, but this has more coolness potential, that and I am starting to like BSD alot. :-) Thanks! -Paul PS: I actually have everything setup to do this as I write this letter. I am going to sleep, and not turning off the machine, lest I forget how I got to this point, but I got here, so the quicker the response, the better. By Popular request I have moved my signature to: http://198.87.147.223/paulsig.txt Paul Timmins paul@timmins.net http://www.timmins.net/ ICQ#: 15422024 - Home 21888714 - Work Laptop "By definition, if you don't stand up for anything you stand for nothing" ---Paul Timmins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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