Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:49:23 -0400 From: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> To: "William O'Higgins" <william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop install problem - usb cd drive Message-ID: <20030627154923.GA45998@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <20030626200415.B1704@sillyrabbi> References: <20030626200415.B1704@sillyrabbi>
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:04:15PM -0400, William O'Higgins wrote: > The Challenge: > > An old laptop, with no OS that can only boot from a floppy. I want to > install FreeBSD. > > I have a USB CDROM, but I cannot make it bootable at the BIOS level. > > I have a network card (PCMCIA) but no knowledge of how to get drivers > for it on a FreeBSD install floppy. > > I'm pretty sure I'll have to either install entirely from floppies (not > worth the time) or from the CDROM or network, but I don't know how to > make those devices work from a blank hd and a floppy. Couldn't you install with the two floppys, then download the rest via ppp or pppoe?
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