Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:10:59 -0800 (PST) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: YGB@mail.ru Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive Message-ID: <20050224221100.76729.qmail@web53906.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <13319960437.20050224224024@mail.ru>
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it was said: > Hello stheg, > <snip no longer relevant posts> > > Hardvare configuration: > > Intel Pentium 120MHz > 80Mb RAM (!) > 4,3 Gb HDD Hitachi > CD-ROM -8x Panasonic (I CAN NOT boot from it) > > NO LAN, NO FDD, 2,5"-HDD - I can't connect this HDD > to desktop and install FreeBSD on it. > > BUT I read in file /tools/00_index.txt (line 1): > > setup.exe Prepare for installation from a DOS partition. > > > I hope it help me, but I can not FOUND IT - > I can't found setup.exe in the installatoin CD-ROM, > in the ftp-server on freebsd.org > > Where I can found this utilite??? > Hello, Please include the list in all replies. As I said, I have never done what you are trying to do, and this is one of those questions that needs someone who has done it to step in with some good advice, so I really cannot be of very much help. Judging by what I have read, at some point you could install from a DOS partition without using floppies, but that is now not possible. The file you mention is dated 1997, but was updated in 1999. In the same directory is a readme dated in 1999 that lists the directory's contents, and it does not mention setup.exe. In fact, it doesn't mention most of the stuff in the directory. So I think both are out-of-date and useless. The install.txt file, dated Nov. 2004, in the root directory on a 5.3 CD says this: "1.5.3 Installing from a DOS partition To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition you should simply copy the files from the distribution into a directory called FREEBSD on the Primary DOS partition (C:). For example, to do a minimal installation of FreeBSD from DOS using files copied from the CDROM, you might do something like this: C:\> MD C:\FREEBSD C:\> XCOPY /S E:\BASE C:\FREEBSD\BASE Assuming that E: was where your CD was mounted. For as many distributions as you wish to install from DOS (and you have free space for), install each one in a directory under C:\FREEBSD - the BIN dist is only the minimal requirement. Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch the installation from floppies as normal and select ``DOS'' as your media type when the time comes." As you can see, it says you MUST use floppies for a DOS install. Maybe this is different for 4.11; I don't know. If it is not different, your only hope seems to be either an NFS, SLIP, or PLIP install. But before checking into this, I strongly suggest you check your hardware compatibility. If you want to run 4.11, see this link about the hardware it supports: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/hardware/i386/index.html If you want to run 5.3, see this link about the hardware it supports: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/5-STABLE/hardware/i386/index.html Good luck, stheg __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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