Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:34:29 -0500 From: "Tony Tye" <tye@icubed.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Alternate booting methods Message-ID: <01be0f55$c71b6250$1923a8c0@photo03.post-gazette.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01BE0F2B.DE455A50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm preparing to install FreeBSD on a Compaq 120 MHz (Intel processor). = I would prefer not to make any changes to my Master Boot Record right now, = if I can avoid it. Does FreeBSD have an alternate method of booting, comparable to Linux's Loadlin, for example? Or can it be booted directly from a floppy, = without touching the MBR? Also, if there is an alternate boot method, can it handle a FreeBSD installation above the 1024th cylinder? I have an old BIOS which does = not recognize large hard drives, and it would be easier to install at the = end of a drive. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Tony Tye ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01BE0F2B.DE455A50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>I'm preparing to install FreeBSD on a Compaq 120 MHz (Intel = processor).=20 I<BR>would prefer not to make any changes to my Master Boot Record right = now,=20 if<BR>I can avoid it.<BR><BR>Does FreeBSD have an alternate method of = booting,=20 comparable to Linux's<BR>Loadlin, for example? Or can it be booted = directly from=20 a floppy, without<BR>touching the MBR?<BR><BR>Also, if there is an = alternate=20 boot method, can it handle a FreeBSD<BR>installation above the 1024th = cylinder?=20 I have an old BIOS which does not<BR>recognize large hard drives, and it = would=20 be easier to install at the end of<BR>a drive.<BR><BR>Thanks in advance = for any=20 suggestions.<BR><BR>Tony Tye<BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01BE0F2B.DE455A50-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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