Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:06:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Ada Lim <adal@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hd-only install Message-ID: <14761.32924.844454.230854@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000813201849.A1033@urquell.cse.unsw.edu.au> References: <20000813201849.A1033@urquell.cse.unsw.edu.au>
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Ada Lim writes: > How do I install FreeBSD on a machine that only has a hard disk and no > other removable media? NetBSD can install through bootp/tftp... The easiest way is to netboot via bootp/tftp. You'll want to extract the kernel from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.1-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp Then setup a diskless root area that looks like this: <8:50am>blah/gallatin:~>ls /j/diskless/ boot/ kernel.gz* mfsroot.gz <8:51am>blah/gallatin:~>ls /j/diskless/boot/ netboot* You want to use "/j/diskless/boot/netboot" as your boot file. It will then load the kernel. You can copy netboot from another FreeBSD/alpha box or just fetch it from http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin/netboot.gz Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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