Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 23:49:45 -0400 From: Chris <781185@ican.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Cdrom Questions Message-ID: <354D3AD9.9DD9C3E6@ican.net>
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I have a parallel port cdrom. In order to install freebsd, I need to put the necesary files on a dos partition on my hardisk( or, at least i am under that impression). Once thisis done, I run istall.exe on the cd. The Freebsd kernel boots from the cd and when prompted for what medium to install freebsd, I select dos partition. I do not have enough room on the dos partition to include the ports collection or any of the packaged software, So, my question is: If I just copy the packages that I want to the dos partition, will I be able to install them in the post install configuration? Alternatively, I would like to install from a cd but freebsd does not recognize my cd drive b/c it is a parallel port drive. Any sugestions on solving the problem of making the system recognze the drive? Freebsd supports a parallel por interface for zip drives could that help? Any suggestions or pointers to more indepth info would be much appreciated. Thanks, Chris. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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