Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 22:23:42 -0500 From: "Oliver, Michael W." <oliver.michael@gargantuan.com> To: 'Rob B' <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au>, Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <1DA741CA6767A144BAA4F10012536C27A8E6@LKLDDC01.GARGANTUAN.COM>
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Regarding the boot disks, there is also a GUI utility for Windows at http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm (watch the wrap) that is very nice. =========== Michael Oliver > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob B [mailto:rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:07 PM > To: Anthony Atkielski > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD > > > At 09:59 30/10/2001, Anthony Atkielski sent this up the stick: > >No easy way to create boot floppies with Windows NT. And > since I'd be > >installing on a completely blank machine, I'm not sure how > I'd be able > >to FTP anywhere to get the rest. > > There is an app in the /tools directory on one of the CD's > called fdimage > that works fine, I made my boot disks under NT with it. > > As for the FTP install, once you get the kernel and mfs > floppies loaded, > you simply supply an ethernet connection, specify a default > gateway and > select an FTP server near you ... once again, this is how I > installed my > machine ... but this is pretty much redundant since you > bought the CDs. > > Cheers, > Rob > > > > -- > Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care > of themselves. > > [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian > This is random quote 903 of a collection of 1175 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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