Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 15:10:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> Cc: OpsyDopsy@netcabo.pt, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FBSD through diskettes? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107021505540.72681-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <3B408B29.C1B47DE5@quake.com.au>
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Kal Torak wrote: > Jo=E3o Fernandes wrote: > >=20 > > Is there any available distribution of FBSD in diskettes? I was wonderi= ng how could I install it in a portable PC without > > CDrom :-/ >=20 > Considering how many disks that would take, I think it would probably > be cheaper to buy a CD-Rom! :P Probably the best option in this case is installing via parallel port from another box. It'll be much faster than floppies, and only requires a cable, rather than a CD-ROM drive. :) It can be DONE on floppies, it just isn't fun. I've only ever installed from floppy once. It was a bin only installation of version 1.something, and it was on 5.25" disks, but it worked. I most often installed from an MS-DOS partition in those days. I just kept the installation files on a spare hard disk, so just pop it in as a slave, and go. Plus, it would find the root disk on the msdos partition, so you only needed one boot floppy. (There were two disks back in those days, too.) Later......=09=09=09=09=09=09<Doug> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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