Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:50:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Tom Parquette <BCSFD204@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can the install floppy data go on a flash drive? Message-ID: <20040628164907.J43333@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <40DF4E27.8030501@twcny.rr.com> References: <40DF4E27.8030501@twcny.rr.com>
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Tom Parquette wrote: > This may sound a little odd but I was wondering if there is a way I can > get the data from the 5.2.1 install floppies onto a flash drive and boot > the install process from the flash drive. > > The machine in question does not have a floppy or CD-ROM drive so my > options are: > 1) temporarilly connect a floppy drive > 2) Figure out how to get PXE to work for an install process > 3) Some other option yet to be determined Sounds like you're building a small machine, i.e. soekris. Take a look at MiniBSD for a recipe: http://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html I was able to fit the entire system on a 256MB flash, but if you have a smaller flash card they have instructions for paring it down. I used a laptop with a CF-PCMCIA adapter as the build host. Twiddling the fdisk table for it is a little tricky but can be done. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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