Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 22:27:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: bill@hamel.net (Bill Hamel) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD 'OVER' Linux? Message-ID: <199707140427.WAA10841@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970711081719.027758b0@chesco.com> from "Bill Hamel" at Jul 11, 97 08:17:19 am
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Bill Hamel asked:
> Please excuse my ignorance but, I have a Linux machine that I wish to
> convert to BSD. There is no CDROM.
>
> Can I install BSD over Linux or should I wipe the drive and start over
> again...?
You certainly can. You can download the FreeBSD distrubtion onto your
Linux system and make installation floppies if you have a LOT of
patience; I used to do this when my only network connection was at work
and I didn't have a network card for my computer.
You can install FreeBSD directly over the internet, but I don't
recommend doing this with a dial-up account; you're just too likely to
loose the connection somewhere along the way. If you have a (FreeBSD
supported) network card in your computer and can take it to school or
work, a network installation works very nicely. I have a shared T1 at
work, and do my network installations this way.
You can also download the FreeBSD installation files onto an MS-DOS
partition on your hard disk and access them from the FreeBSD installer
later on.
The fourth, and perhaps best, option is to buy an inexpensive IDE
CD-ROM. My local distributor now has two brands of IDE "12x" CD-ROMS
for under $60.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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