Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:19:04 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG ORG' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A laptop worth saving? Message-ID: <C27F16B4-7334-11D8-80AF-003065A70D30@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <40501CAE.8030401@users.sourceforge.net> References: <1078976447.14924.48.camel@toomanymirrors> <20040311072728.GA14364@gentoo.netauth.com> <40501CAE.8030401@users.sourceforge.net>
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On Mar 11, 2004, at 1:00 AM, Rob wrote: > > Mike Jackson wrote: >> jalley@toomanymirrors.homelinux.com wrote: >>> Greetings all, I'm a long time unix/linux user but have been away >>> from >>> FreeBSD for about a year or so and would like to solve that personal >>> fault. I have a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T20) that once ran FreeBSD but >>> currently sits with out floppy, OS, and at last test <TA-DA> no >>> CDROM. So my question is what are my options if I wanted to get >>> FreeBSD running >>> on it? I have another Linux box on the LAN but that's about it. >>> Thanks >>> for any help >> You can install FreeBSD over the serial port with a null-modem cable. >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install- >> advanced.html > > But he clains to have neither a floppy drive, nor a CD-rom. > I guess you need some very intelligent magic here to get FreeBSD (or > any other OS) installed under such conditions, if at all possible. > > If the LANcard has an EEPROM, one could maybe boot via the network as a > starting point for installing FreeBSD on the local harddisk. > Does it have USB ports? Can you boot a USB CD with FreeBSD? Chad
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