Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:05:31 -0500 From: kitsune <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie installing from dos partition Message-ID: <20030406130531.73e13a34.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030405085901.81414.qmail@web40105.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030405085901.81414.qmail@web40105.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:59:01 -0800 (PST) Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> wrote: > I want to install freebsd on my notebook and I'm > planning to do this by making a c:/freebsd map on my > windows98 partition and copying the files from the ftp > site to that directory. > > However, there is one complain. I only can do this by > using a ftp client which can pass through my firewall. > Because of that, the files are copied as http request > to my harddisk. > > All the maps on the ftp server I fetch one by one. > > My question is then, what to do with the packages map? > Do I have to fetch all the packages or do I just > simply copy the packages I want to have? But then, how > about the structure of the ftp server which has to be > the same on my harddisk. How do I put all the packages > in the appropriate maps like games, databases, editors > ...and more important...how do I build the ALL map? > > Hope someone can help me > > Brgds > Dino > Problem 1: Installation... Your idea is not workable... 1: FreeBSD, afaik, can not boot from a fat32 partition... 2: even it it could be getting it to work from such a odd place in the fs would not be fun... Problem 2: FTP... Get a client that can do passive ftp...
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