Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:01:48 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Kevin Yates <kaptaink@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Question Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20051019185953.04078e50@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <cc7d5bf00510191857y9bff91yb7711b23ca842fb7@mail.gmail.com> References: <cc7d5bf00510191857y9bff91yb7711b23ca842fb7@mail.gmail.com>
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At 06:57 PM 10/19/2005, Kevin Yates wrote: >Hello, > > I have a question to which I am hoping there is a simple solution. >I've got an old notebook (IBM Thinkpad 560X) and I'd like to install >FreeBSD. I don't have a CD-ROM, floppy drive, or bootable PCMCIA >drive. My hard drive has nothing on it at the moment. > > Can I image something onto the hard drive in order to install FreeBSD >over FTP, serial, or directly from the hard drive? I have removed the >hard drive and have the proper adapters to connect it to a regular >desktop PC. What to do next? Do the install on a desktop machine, then put the disk back in the laptop. It should boot and run just fine assuming that the drivers you need are in the generic kernel. If they aren't, you might have to build a new kernel before it will work in the laptop. -Glenn >Thanks! >Kevin >kaptaink@gmail.com >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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