Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 23:35:25 -0700 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Ben Jamer <ben_jamer7@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5 Install Options Message-ID: <67F3D5CE-8B56-11D7-82AE-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <20030520193213.52071.qmail@web40205.mail.yahoo.com>
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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
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