From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 5 23:59:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA28516 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:59:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA28509 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:59:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA07800; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:59:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:59:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jacob Roberto cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199709030258.TAA12030@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Jacob Roberto wrote: > I need the binaries and source code for the files on the install disk > image. Basicly, your handbook gives directions to install using a floppy > disk, but my floppy drive doesn't work and I don't want to buy a new one > since I hardly ever use it. What resources do you have to for installing > FreeBSD without ever using a floppy drive? It's possible to copy a kernel and necessary files to a DOS disk and use a special program to start the kernel, but that's not easy. If you have a CDROM, you can buy the FreeBSD CD and install from it w/o needing the floppy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo