Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:14:30 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <bifrost@minions.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPDATE: boot install disk on multia Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911290005210.3018-100000@frond.minions.com> In-Reply-To: <199911290803.AAA02716@mass.cdrom.com>
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> Your floppy drive is probably screwed. You may want to try updating to > the latest SRM, which does a little better with the floppy drive, as well > as trying a couple of new floppies (if you haven't already). Yeah, the floppies in the multias are really bad :/ Whats the easiest way to get new firmware into these boxes? Mine's got the dual ARC/SRM and so far I have only seen a floppy upgrade option, but I don't have a place to get that from. > Aside from that, you're really down to a network install, which is not > particularly easy. Definately not easy, I've been reading the mailing lists on netbooting some boxes and its definately a bit hairy. I would suggest the zip drive method, or even just dd'ing the image onto a spare SCSI HD that you're not installing to. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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