From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 16:54:56 2005 Return-Path: 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 513BA16A4CF for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 035E243D5F for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 343291C00090 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:54:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 16B301C00084 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:54:55 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050224165455930.16B301C00084@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:54:54 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1641090754.20050224175454@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050224162623.57173.qmail@web53907.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050224162623.57173.qmail@web53907.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54:56 -0000 stheg olloydson writes: > Because you don't have a floppy drive, Mr. Atkielski's suggestion will > not work. The link he gave you is a good one. Skip section 2.2.7 and > read section 2.13 instead. It explains how to install if you do not > have a floppy drive. If you have neither a CD drive or a floppy drive, I don't see how you can install FreeBSD at all. The only option then is network (or tape), but to use either of these you have to persuade your existing OS on the machine to load something from them and turn control over to it (like a boot). Most operating systems are understandably lacking in mechanisms to do this (although there is a program under NT that will wipe the system clean in one move--I don't think it ships any more, since it was too dangerous). -- Anthony