From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Oct 24 10:46:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from nienie.mobile.webweaving.org (unknown [212.85.16.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0655F37B4C5 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:46:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nienie.mobile.webweaving.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id e9ON09Y00917; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:00:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dirkx@covalent.net) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:00:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik X-Sender: dirkx@localhost To: Alexey Koptsevich Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no floppy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Newer bios-es have USB stack's which allow you to boot from a USB floppy drive - and I found that almost all cdrom drive's you can boot from will allow you to install freebsd. It is easy to try - get one from walnutcreek - or burn one - and simply boot from it. The install process asks you a very clear and explicit go/no-go before it wipes your disk - so you can test and reassure yourself that it works before taking the plunge. Dw On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Alexey Koptsevich wrote: > > Hello, > > Just wondering, will I be able to install FreeBSD on IBM ThinkPad which > has no floppy drive but has bootable CD drive? Or it is worthy considering > USB floppy option? > > Thanks, > Alex > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message