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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:39:40 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
To:        Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: freebsd on laptop
Message-ID:  <20070620093544.I31953@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx>
In-Reply-To: <f84c38580706200735v3b2c07ddtbfc05c2139d672a7@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f84c38580706200735v3b2c07ddtbfc05c2139d672a7@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:

> hi folks,
>  I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is,
> some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000
> installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is about
> installing on a desktop by booting from floppies. THank you!!
>

You can boot from floppies, configure your network card and install the 
system using FTP.

I had used a diskless system to install FreeBSD in computers that
do not even have floppies!

There is a lot of possibilities.

            Eduardo.




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