Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:20:41 -0400 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: 'nathan' <beemern@telecom.ksu.edu>, "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Installing on to a laptop with no CD-Rom. Message-ID: <ABC15E2D8FBCD311B4A200805FA7D59B02604069@1UPMC-MSX6>
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seems like a simple solution. Where would I get a adapter to do this, or
would I have to construct it.
Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
Crystal Administrator
(412)454-2616
personrp@ccbh.com
"If it floats your boat, it must be water."
Roddie Rod - circa 1993
-----Original Message-----
From: nathan [mailto:beemern@telecom.ksu.edu]
Sent: October 17, 2000 2:15 PM
To: Person, Roderick
Cc: 'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'
Subject: Re: Installing on to a laptop with no CD-Rom.
this isn't a direct answer, but what i did recently for a 386 laptop, was to
just take the harddrive, stick it in a pc with net and/or cdrom, install
fbsd, then put back in the laptop.
this however would require an adaptor to allow a standard ide cable to plug
into the laptop drive.
anyway.. a suggestion.. which worked well for me
good luck!
"Person, Roderick" wrote:
I have just been given two Digital HiNote Ultra II notebook PCs. 150Mhz
Pentiums.
They don't have a CD-rom or modems.
I would like to install 4.1 on them. I have FreeBSD 4.1 running on two
Desktop machines, I was wondering if there is anyway I can connect the PC
and the Notebooks via the serial ports to install from the CD on my PC. Or
am I stuck until I get an external CD-ROM.
Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
Crystal Administrator
(412)454-2616
personrp@ccbh.com
"If it floats your boat, it must be water."
Roddie Rod - circa 1993
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=344151918-17102000>seems
like a simple solution. Where would I get a adapter to do this, or would I have
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<P><B><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=4>Roderick P. Person</FONT></I></B>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Programmer II</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Crystal Administrator</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>(412)454-2616</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>personrp@ccbh.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"If it floats your boat, it must be water."</FONT>
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size=2>
Roddie Rod - circa 1993</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nathan
[mailto:beemern@telecom.ksu.edu]<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 17, 2000 2:15
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Person, Roderick<BR><B>Cc:</B>
'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Installing on to a laptop with
no CD-Rom.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>this isn't a direct answer, but what i did
recently for a 386 laptop, was to just take the harddrive, stick it in a pc
with net and/or cdrom, install fbsd, then put back in the laptop.
<P>this however would require an adaptor to allow a standard ide cable to plug
into the laptop drive.
<P>anyway.. a suggestion.. which worked well for me <BR>good luck!
<P>"Person, Roderick" wrote:
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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>I have just been given two Digital HiNote
Ultra II notebook PCs. 150Mhz Pentiums.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>They don't have a CD-rom or
modems.</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>I would like to install 4.1 on them. I
have FreeBSD 4.1 running on two Desktop machines, I was wondering if there
is anyway I can connect the PC and the Notebooks via the serial ports to
install from the CD on my PC. Or am I stuck until I get an external
CD-ROM.</FONT></FONT>
<P><B><I><FONT face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT size=+1>Roderick P.
Person</FONT></FONT></I></B> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Programmer
II</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Crystal
Administrator</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=-1>(412)454-2616</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=-1>personrp@ccbh.com</FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>"If it floats your boat, it must be
water."</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=-1>
Roddie Rod - circa 1993</FONT></FONT>
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