From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 8 10:10:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA09466 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:10:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from send1a.yahoomail.com (send1a.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA09421 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:10:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rgireyev@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <19980108180935.5420.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com> Received: from [156.153.255.234] by send1a; Thu, 08 Jan 1998 10:09:35 PST Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:09:35 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD To: Stephen Wenzler , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This is covered pretty well in the handbook www.freebsd.org and in the INSTALL.TXT file from ftp.freebsd.org in 2.2.5-RELEASE directory. In a nutshell, you can install using a cable as long as the system that has the sources on it is a FreeBSD machine, (or at least not windows) Rudy ---Stephen Wenzler wrote: > > I have a question for you - how do I installs FreeBSD from one PC into > second PC, is it possible using a null modem cable to setup the two > systems so I can setup the UNIX on second PC or I have to setup enough > space on second system's hard drive so I can transfer the full /freebsd > dir into the second PC then installs from that second PC and is there a > utility to adjust the pation of the hard drive so I have full usage of > the hard drive under FreeBSD? Thanks! > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com