Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 11:23:28 -0500 From: Nathan Schuler <nschuler@sparrow.sanasys.com> To: sdlii@lucent.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppies? Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970602162328.006b97e8@sparrow.sanasys.com>
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>I just purchased FreeBSD 2.1.6 from Walnut Creek. Read the install >last night. Noticed you can make boot floppies. But, before I wipe >out my PC, I would like to install on a laptop I have. 486dx w/200 >meg of disk. It only has a floppy at this time(no cdrom or network card). >Can I make a floppy distribution from cdrom? I have 100 or so floppies >and no life, so I can take all night to install them. I know this is >strange, I will eventually get a network card and a decent desktop >machine to install on, I just want to start now. Yes you can do this. It is detailed in the INSTALL.txt file on the CD. Basically you create a directory on the floppy of the dirtrobution, say /bin. Then copy the install file(s) onto it, say bin.aa. Nathan Schuler <nschuler@sanasys.com> UNIX Netwoking Solutions / Systems Administrator Sana Systems Inc. Clinton, IA 52732 (319) 242-5770
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