From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 28 23:50:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FB816A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:50:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D8943D1F for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:50:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9A58C72DF2; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:50:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9817C72DB5; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:50:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:50:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Tom Parquette In-Reply-To: <40DF4E27.8030501@twcny.rr.com> Message-ID: <20040628164907.J43333@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <40DF4E27.8030501@twcny.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can the install floppy data go on a flash drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:50:45 -0000 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