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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:06:31 -0400
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: freebsd on laptop
Message-ID:  <20070620150631.GA17494@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <f84c38580706200735v3b2c07ddtbfc05c2139d672a7@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f84c38580706200735v3b2c07ddtbfc05c2139d672a7@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 10:35:16AM -0400, 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!!

If you buy a new enough one, it should have a USB port and most likely
be able to boot from that USB port.   So, buy a USB CDrom drive and
boot the install CD from that and then do the rest of the install
over the net - from a FreeBSD FTP mirror.

////jerry
> 
> TFC
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