From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 23:35:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28B5737B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 23:35:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F33743F75 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 23:35:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: from envy.homeunix.com ([4.47.68.94]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030521063527.MMGK2239.out003.verizon.net@envy.homeunix.com>; Wed, 21 May 2003 01:35:27 -0500 Received: from soupnazi.org (lust.pdx.soupnazi.org [192.168.1.2]) by envy.homeunix.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4L6ZQcZ011155; Tue, 20 May 2003 23:35:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:35:25 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Ben Jamer From: Jim Mock In-Reply-To: <20030520193213.52071.qmail@web40205.mail.yahoo.com> Message-Id: <67F3D5CE-8B56-11D7-82AE-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [4.47.68.94] at Wed, 21 May 2003 01:35:27 -0500 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5 Install Options X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 06:35:29 -0000 On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 12:32 PM, Ben Jamer wrote: > Hello! I haven't gotten the chance to use FreeBSD yet, do I figured I > would grab an old 486 and install it. Now, I just have a few > questions before installation. First of all, the computer doesn't > have a working Cd-Rom drive, so I am going to have to use floppies to > install it, but is it possible to put all the files I would need onto > the harddrive, and then install directly from it, rather than using > just floppies? It says a bit about this in the handbook and > install.txt/htm, but I just want to make sure I understand before > copying files over to the other computer for hours. You're better off doing a net install, even if you're on a dialup. A minimal net install (bin and manpages) will be much less of a giant pain in the ass than trying to install from floppies. - jim -- - jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - - editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org -