From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 11:31:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE0F2106564A for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:31:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert.raimund@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 248508FC24 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Mar 2010 11:31:28 -0000 Received: from host-194126238033.net-serwis.pl (EHLO localhost) [194.126.238.33] by mail.gmx.net (mp059) with SMTP; 05 Mar 2010 12:31:28 +0100 X-Authenticated: #18511094 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/IhqRdr3TIhkkSLnuyj4ZgTY9t8pHAqFgby46/H8 D8sGiMEkNy0+vA Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:31:27 +0100 From: herbert langhans To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <20100305113127.GB1157@sandcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.54000000000000004 Subject: Re: freebsd install from floppy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:31:31 -0000 On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:33:52PM +0100, Piotr Lukawski wrote: > Dears, > I need to install Freebsd 8.0 using floppy and then ftp, but there are no > floppy images in > +ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/mentioned > in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html > I tried so install Freebsd 7 using availiable floppy (successful) and update > it to 8.0 (after 3 days finally error and now now whole /usr directory so I > am stacked). > Could you please produce install floppy images for Freebsd 8.0? Please > please please. I have no power to do the install of 7, upgrade and fail > again :-( > Thanks in adavance. > Piotr > _______________________________________________ Yes, I definitly vote for the release of floppy images too! In my case its the SCSI-CD drives what do not allow me to boot from a CD. It might be old fashioned, but its very easy just to boot the floppy and then install all over ftp! I guess there are still a couple of systems (old +laptops, servers) which require it. Thanks herb langhans -- sprachtraining langhans herbert langhans, warschau http://www.langhans.com.pl herbert dot raimund at gmx dot net +0048 603 341 441