From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 15 8:31:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 917AB37B401 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:31:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from jpp.homeunix.org (ca-sqy-11-247.abo.wanadoo.fr [80.8.64.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2677743EDC for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:31:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jpparisy@teaser.fr) Received: from jean-pierre (jean-pierre [192.168.249.252]) by jpp.homeunix.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gBFGUG04015123 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:30:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jpparisy@teaser.fr) Message-Id: <200212151630.gBFGUG04015123@jpp.homeunix.org> From: Jean-Pierre PARISY To: FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD Install Floppy with USB Floppy drive? Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:30:35 +0100 References: <20021213122320.H60804-100000@borg-cube.com> In-Reply-To: <20021213122320.H60804-100000@borg-cube.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:18:51 -0800 (PST), Donald Burr of Borg wrote: > * is there any way to get booting from a USB floppy drive to work? I don't know. > * if not, can the FreeBSD installer be booted in any other way? Can I > somehow boot the installer floppy image over the network using PXE? Or > is there any other method? (if it helps, I have a FreeBSD box that is > already up and running on my network, and can set it up for net booting, > etc.) Look at the article in /usr/share/doc/en/articles/pxe, it reads something like that : This article details the method used to allow machines to install FreeBSD using the Intel PXE method of booting a machine over a network. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message