From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 18 2:28:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5D537B403 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 02:28:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A26D2B72D; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:28:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3018A5F; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:28:13 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:28:13 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Tanguy Carrabin Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: dist on floppies ? Message-ID: <20011018192813.Z2865@k7.mavetju.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from carrabta@esstin.uhp-nancy.fr on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:15:38AM +0200 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 Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:15:38AM +0200, Tanguy Carrabin wrote: > is there a ready-to-install distrib easily downloadable on floppies ? (for > my old 486 that doesn't have a CDrom nor an internet connection) I had to install such a thing once and found out that a null-modem cable or a parrallel-port cable and install it via slip or plip was the easiest way to do it: Just make two bootfloppies and you're in! Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message