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Date:      Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:36:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chip Marshall <chip@jlc.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Install without floppy, but with HD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811092135270.16987-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19981106183808.A28362@hindenburg.eboai.org>

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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Chip Marshall wrote:

> I am currently sitting next to a small box with no CD or floppy
> drives, but it does have a hard drive, which I would like to get FreeBSD
> onto.

This isn't one of these silly Intel NetPCs?  :-)  If you pop one of the
panels off there's a floppy connector .. just supply power and a cable,
attach a floppy, and have fun.

> It does have the ability to boot from a BOOTP server, which I have
> configured, and it works that part correctly. The problem is, I don't
> know what to have it get from the server in order to boot into a FreeBSD
> installation thingy.  I have tried giving it boot.flp, which it complains
> is too large.  What should I be having it get in order to install?

I don't think we have a netbootable installer, no.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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