From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 12 00:24:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2C8E16A41F for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:24:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nawcom@nawcom.no-ip.com) Received: from nawcom.no-ip.com (adsl-69-209-132-220.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net [69.209.132.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13F7B43D49 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:24:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nawcom@nawcom.no-ip.com) Received: from [192.168.212.7] (unknown [192.168.212.7]) by nawcom.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CBD8707C; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:47:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <42FBEC44.80305@nawcom.no-ip.com> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:24:36 -0400 From: nawcom User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maude User , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050812001509.83670.qmail@web31607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050812001509.83670.qmail@web31607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:24:24 -0000 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 > > >--------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page >_______________________________________________ >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" > >