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Date:      Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:24:36 -0400
From:      nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.no-ip.com>
To:        Maude User <maudeuser@yahoo.com>,  freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive?
Message-ID:  <42FBEC44.80305@nawcom.no-ip.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050812001509.83670.qmail@web31607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050812001509.83670.qmail@web31607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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does the server have usb bios support?
Im guessing no but hell i might be wrong.

you can always install bsd on the hard drive a via a different computer.

-Ben
Maude User wrote:

>Hello -
> 
>I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a rackmount server that came with two SATA hard drives 
>(it came with no CD or floppy). I will borrow a keyboard and monitor because I was informed
>today on this list that a "headless install" from my laptop over a null-modem cable would slow.
> 
>I was going to buy a cheap USB floppy drive today (I saw prices from $30 to $50) but at jandr.com in NYC today I saw a USB CD-RW/DVD+/-RW on sale for $99 
>(Panasonic DVRS706) so I got that instead, figuring it was "more bang for the buck". 
> 
>Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from this USB CD drive? 
>
>If not, what sort of CD drive can I install from?
> 
>Thanks.
> 
>- Steve
>Brooklyn NYC
>
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