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From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To: Al <al@datazap.net>
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Subject: Re: Migration from NetBSD (was Re: Problems booting from CD)
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 04:08:55PM +0100, Al wrote:
> I am trying to migrate from NetBSD to FreeBSD.

That's good to hear! :-)

> I have to wonder if I can do an install from a CD on older Macs. It
> sounds like I need to do an install from another medium (like a hard
> drive) after reading through the mailing list.

I've always preferred network install than fiddling with some media,
as described here:

    https://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html

./danfe