From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 13 11:37:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA11703 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:37:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA11690 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:37:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA02285; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:37:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:37:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Phil Henke cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loading freebsd 2.1.6 from a zip drive In-Reply-To: <346774B4.52D6B449@dimensional.com> 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 Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Phil Henke wrote: > I would like to load freebsd to a pc without a cdrom but with a zip > drive. > > I have a pc where I can transfer the files from the Walnut Creek cdrom > to a zip drive so that I can load freebsd to my other computer. Do you > have any tips or instructions to aid my in doing this. I forgot to experiment with this when I was borrowing the Zip. ;-/ If you put the files on a Zip disk as if you're doing a DOS install you should be OK. Just make sure the Zip is mounted before you boot up. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major