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Date:      Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:24:18 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        ticso@cicely.de
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Floppies for ALPHA
Message-ID:  <3F28E042.9363F072@mindspring.com>
References:  <20030730014325.GA6459@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730154052.GA55744@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730185412.GA71527@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730190730.GP42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730191738.GC71737@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730194829.GQ42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730201109.GA72260@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030731083155.GA97176@cicely12.cicely.de>

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Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 01:33:32PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > On 2003-Jul-30 22:11:09 +0200, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > [dd the install image onto a HDD]
> > >Well, I have done something like this once by pulling a StorageWorks
> > >SBB disk from a machine where I dd-ed an OS ontop of it and then put
> > >that disk in another machine to boot it.
> >
> > I also had to do it to bootstrap my Multia - no floppy drive or CD-ROM
> > and the FreeBSD netboot is incompatible with the Multia SRM.
> 
> Must be multia specific - I netbooted a NoName.

I can confirm it on my Multia, too.

> IIRC have multias pcmcia slots.
> Can they boot from flash media?

Not that's I've been able to get it to do; it has one slot, but
bootability is a firmware thing.

-- Terry



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