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Date:      Tue, 24 May 2005 19:39:34 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Steve Tremblett <tremblett@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installation without CDROM
Message-ID:  <20050525023934.GA27343@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <ee2f4e6050524193359e38062@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ee2f4e6050524193359e38062@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 10:33:22PM -0400, Steve Tremblett wrote:
> I understand how to mount an ISO image and share it via NFS or FTP,
> but the docs leave out one major step:  how do I boot the machine INTO
> the installer to choose the media??  I've got a floppy drive, but the
> 5.3/4-RELEASE area in FTP has no floppy directory

On sparc64 you have to install from CDROM burned on another machine.

Kris

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