From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 14 22:32:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6EA16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:32:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postfix3-2.free.fr (postfix3-2.free.fr [213.228.0.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E044343D2D for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:32:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from thetemplar@free.fr) Received: from [82.64.20.104] (lns-th2-2-82-64-20-104.adsl.proxad.net [82.64.20.104]) by postfix3-2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0892C254 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:32:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40F5B501.8020702@free.fr> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:34:41 +0200 From: Eddahbi Karim User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040618 X-Accept-Language: fr, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Handbook - Chapter 2.7] Adding informations about "DOS" X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:32:27 -0000 Hiya, I had to use the DOS installation method because my CD-ROM didn't work and I have an USB Modem which can't be setup while installing FreeBSD. I think that you should some informations about this installation media in the Chapter 2.7 of the Handbook. There's a short description in the INSTALL.TXT file which is stored on the first FreeBSD CD. " 1.5.3 Installing from a DOS partition To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition you should simply copy the files from the distribution into a directory called FREEBSD on the Primary DOS partition (C:). For example, to do a minimal installation of FreeBSD from DOS using files copied from the CDROM, you might do something like this: C:\> MD C:\FREEBSD C:\> XCOPY /S E:\BIN C:\FREEBSD\BIN Assuming that E: was where your CD was mounted. For as many distributions as you wish to install from DOS (and you have free space for), install each one in a directory under C:\FREEBSD - the BIN dist is only the minimal requirement. Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch the installation from floppies as normal and select ``DOS'' as your media type when the time comes. " I think that it's easy to understand and it warns the user about the preparations needed before beginning the installation and using this media. Karim.