Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:30:16 -0400 From: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> To: suid <suid@kjell.utb.falun.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD without CD/Floppy Message-ID: <20010725133015.A2691@andale.vindaloo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010725155421.D06C2AE08@kjell.utb.falun.se>; from suid@kjell.utb.falun.se on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 05:54:21PM %2B0200 References: <20010725155421.D06C2AE08@kjell.utb.falun.se>
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 05:54:21PM +0200, suid wrote:
>
> I'm having a slight problem with a laptop that
> i own. The problem is that it has no Floppy,
> and my CDROM-drive does not support the ElTorito
> extenstion.
>
> So my question is:
> Is there some other way to install?
> ( i managed to install Linux using the handy
> tool loadlin to load the kernel )
> Or installing via linux?
>
>
> Any help appreciated.
> /suid
>
How comfortable to you feel with pulling the drive and using a 2.5" IDE to
3.5" IDE adapter? If you can do this you can do a stock install on a normal
machine and then finish up using the drive re-installed in the laptop.
--
Chris Hilton chilton-at-vindaloo-dot-com
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