Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:31:39 -0400 From: "Marcelo J. Iturbe" <marcelo@msm.cl> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: instalation questionk Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991022110736.00cd0480@server>
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Hi, I have a few questions regarding instalation and opration. 1) I would like to install FreeBSD via FTP. The computer which I will be installing it on, does not have an operating system installed. I was trying to go through the instructions found at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html. However, the instructions refer you to a bootable floppy, and then there are instructions on how to make the bootable floopy from the CD-Rom. I downloaded ls-lR.gz from cdrom.com trying to figure out which files I might need. I found the dos tools required to make the floopy but not the files. can some one help me out with this matter? Which files I need to create the bootables? I would like to install 2.2.8 stable since this is going to be a highend server. 2) The server which will run FreeBSD, currently has 1 PentiumIII Xeon 500Mhz cpu with the capacity to grow up to 4 CPUs. If I add more CPUs in the future, will this have any implications on FreeBSD? Or will just work naturally and recognize them both at start-up? 3) This server has 2 nine gig hard drives (raid 5 model). They are hotswapable. I would like to have the 2 hard drives mirror each other at all times. How can I acomplish this? I would imagine that once that is up and running.. if I have to remove one of the hard drives I would have to a) stop the mirroring software b) unmount the drive and c) remove the drive. Or can FreeBSD handle someone just pulling out the hard drive? Thank you for your time and feedback. Regards, Marcelo *********************************************** ICQ 22921676 MSM Interactive. Dario Urzua 1940, Providencia, Chile. Phone: (56-2)204-3510 Fax: (56-2) 204-3508 Email: marcelo@msm.cl http://www.msm.cl ******************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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