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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2006 14:25:55 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation from USB cdrom/dvd drive?
Message-ID:  <20060513212555.GA23965@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200605131908.k4DJ8jJ4072154@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <20060513175812.GA23086@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200605131908.k4DJ8jJ4072154@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 09:08:45PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>  > I'm setting up a blade system where the slave nodes 
>  > do not have a cdrom/dvd drive.  The motherboards
>  > in the nodes are Tyan K8SR.  Is it possible to
>  > boot FreeBSD on this board from a USB cdrom/dvd 
>  > drive?
> 
> Yes, if the BIOS supports it, it should work.
> 
> However, it might be more convenient to perform a
> networked installation via PXE (provided that your
> blade system supports PXE booting).
> 

Yes, it supports PXE.  I suppose this is covered in
the Handbook.

-- 
Steve



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