Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:31:27 +0100 From: herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd install from floppy Message-ID: <20100305113127.GB1157@sandcat>
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:33:52PM +0100, Piotr Lukawski wrote: > Dears, > I need to install Freebsd 8.0 using floppy and then ftp, but there are no > floppy images in > +ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/>mentioned > in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html > I tried so install Freebsd 7 using availiable floppy (successful) and update > it to 8.0 (after 3 days finally error and now now whole /usr directory so I > am stacked). > Could you please produce install floppy images for Freebsd 8.0? Please > please please. I have no power to do the install of 7, upgrade and fail > again :-( > Thanks in adavance. > Piotr > _______________________________________________ Yes, I definitly vote for the release of floppy images too! In my case its the SCSI-CD drives what do not allow me to boot from a CD. It might be old fashioned, but its very easy just to boot the floppy and then install all over ftp! I guess there are still a couple of systems (old +laptops, servers) which require it. Thanks herb langhans -- sprachtraining langhans herbert langhans, warschau http://www.langhans.com.pl herbert dot raimund at gmx dot net +0048 603 341 441
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