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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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