Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:54 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd7 on older machines Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080511185606.0264b180@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home> References: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home>
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At 03:39 PM 5/9/2008, prad wrote:
>i can't seem to boot the cdrom on older hardware (500MHz and down).
>i read somewhere that the older drives aren't supported by the
>installation cdrom.
>
>i want to create a series of 'dumb terminals' which can ssh -Y into a
>faster machine. if necessary i suppose i can floppy in and then install
>via nfs. or i can setup the hd on another machine that does support the
>install cdrom and then transfer to the older machine.
>
>here are the specific questions:
>
>1. do older machines work better with older versions of freebsd?
>2. if i dd a hd (with freebsd) onto another hd will i have a problem
>with the mbr and be unable to boot?
>3. are there any other ideas for install?
>
>--
>In friendship,
>prad
Your older computer probably doesn't support booting from CD. You can get
a third party BIOS to upgrade your system. Or create boot floppies to
start the install.
Once you get a version installed keep it up to date using cvsup or the new
binary update utility.
-Derek
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