Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 06:39:34 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: balocom@volja.net Subject: Re: Message-ID: <200405240639.34708.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200405240634.23702.kstewart@owt.com> References: <20040524122807.B475A42003A@relay1.volja.net> <200405240634.23702.kstewart@owt.com>
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On Monday 24 May 2004 06:34 am, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Monday 24 May 2004 06:58 am, balocom@volja.net wrote: > > I have an older computer wich cant`t boot CD-ROM discs and I hawe > > two ways: -to boot from the hard disc; > > -or to boot from the floppy and instal it from CD-ROM. > > But i have no idea how to do this. > > Marko, Slovenia > > Choose your closest mirror and look at the following path > ftp://ftp9.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.9-RELEASE/flopp >ies If you have a CD-ROM, this could all be on the CD and you don't need to download the files. Kent > > You also have to choose which release you are going to install as > part of the path. > > The directory has a boot.flp and mfsroot.flp. The README.TXT tells > you how to write the images to a floppy.I always did wrote them on a > W2K Server using ../tools/fdimage.exe. > > After you have loaded the 2nd floppy, you are just like you had > booted from the CD-ROM. > > Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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