From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 27 22:19:42 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDAE37B401 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:19:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.acd.net (smtp.acd.net [207.179.102.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906C143F3F for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:19:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from taxman@ACD.NET) Received: from 207.179.65.219 ([207.179.65.219]) by smtp.acd.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:19:40 -0500 From: taxman To: massey@rmci.net, Subject: Re: Floppy installalation - But Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:29:15 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 Cc: , References: <3712.216.222.104.2.1046384976.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> In-Reply-To: <3712.216.222.104.2.1046384976.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200302272229.15094.taxman@acd.net> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Feb 2003 06:19:40.0552 (UTC) FILETIME=[60652080:01C2DEF1] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday 27 February 2003 05:29 pm, massey@rmci.net wrote: > My CD ROM and Floppy drive are in the same spot. FTP , CABLE , HEADLESS > will not Work. 4 sets of cables, 20 disks later nothing has changed, cept > my grey hair. > > So Floppy is the ONLY way possible to do any kind of install so far as I > can see. No CD No CABLE No Nothing but floppies I wouldn't rule out those other options so quick. How did those other methods fail? My guess is you would be better of figuring out how to get a headless or ftp to install to work. if you've got a serial port you can do a headless install. you could also get a modem and install over that. I think a null modem cable to do headless could even be cheaper than enough floppies to do a floppy install. If you're determined to do a floppy install, you could always install 4.7 from floppy and then use your 5.0 CD to install/upgrade to 5.0 Tim > > So I need to know is the /BASE in 5.0 the same as /BIN in 4.7 so I can > start rolling out floppies. > > Once I have an install I am sure the cd and all the rest will be fine > since it worked fine with RH. > > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:16:16 > > > > massey wrote: > >> Is there a way to do a min install with floppies and then > use > >> /stand/sysinstall to finish it off? > > > > I know this isn't _specifically_ what you're asking, but I thought I saw > > a previous reply that was similar. > > > > When I have a machine that won't boot to cdrom, I download > > boot floppy images for the latest release (in your case that > > would be 5.0r), and the first iso image for that release. > > > > I would then boot from the kern.flp disk, and when prompted, > > proceed to the mfsroot.flp disk. > > > > That gets me through the kernel config and into sysinstall. > > Via sysinstall, I can chose the media from which the rest of > > the install will be retrieved, ie ftp, cdrom, etc. I then > > choose cdrom, making sure the cdrom is in the drive, and... > > > > I'm not an expert, but I don't know of another way to do a > > minimum install "from floppies", unless you're looking for > > picobsd or something. That does not, however, mean that > > there is no other way to do it, I just don't know about it. > > I truly hope that this helps. Good luck. > > > > > > Joshua Lokken > > > > > > Need a new email address that people can remember > > Check out the new EudoraMail at > > http://www.eudoramail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message