From owner-freebsd-questions  Fri Jan 19  6:45:18 2001
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (unknown [65.24.0.112])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B61437B400
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 06:45:02 -0800 (PST)
Received: from mail.iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38])
	by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f0JEgg712384;
	Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:42:43 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <3A685245.1F9851CD@mail.iowna.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:42:13 -0500
From: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Michael Skipper <mskipper@glue.umd.edu>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: newbie install via dhcp
References: <200101191416.f0JEGbZ29968@po3.glue.umd.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

Michael Skipper wrote:
> I have made the two install floppies using fdimage. If I grab a
> set of CDs from Walnut Creek, will I be able to install the kern
> and mfsboot images and then be able to switch out the drives
> to use the CDs for the remainder of the install?

I doubt it. If the laptop requires a reboot when switching, definately
not.

> Most convenient (and cheapest) for me would be to install these
> two floppy images, and then use a dhcp ethernet connection (with
> supported 3C eth card) to install  the rest of the distro. Is this
> possible with what the install floppies provide?

Yes, I almost always do it that way.

-Bill


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message