From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 25 23:14:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA27549 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 23:14:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA27544 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 23:14:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA03936; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 17:43:54 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971226174354.53614@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 17:43:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Wei Weng Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: laptop install References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Wei Weng on Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at 02:01:04AM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at 02:01:04AM -0500, Wei Weng wrote: > Hi > I have a question concerning about laptop install freebsd > My laptop can only use cdrom or floppy one at one time. So I have to > switch them aroudn if I want ot install freebsd. Is there any other way to > do it? I don't think that swapping will work. You need the CD-ROM drive to be installed with a CD-ROM in it at the finish of the boot phase. You might be able to do something by going into UserConfig, though, and swapping the drives while you're there. > And is it dangerous to switch them around? You mean, for the components? You should check your laptop manual there. I'd guess that it's possible, but I don't take responsibility, so check first. Another alternative might be booting directly from CD-ROM, if your laptop supports it. Another might be to do a minimal installation from floppy, then continue with CD-ROM, but that's painful. > By the way, please dont suggest me to do ftp install. It is gonna be > really slow. That depends where the ftp site is. If you have another machine handy on an Ethernet, you could nfs mount the CD-ROM there, and install like that. Greg