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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