From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 12:32:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FA4E37B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 12:32:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web40205.mail.yahoo.com (web40205.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3DD743F93 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 12:32:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben_jamer7@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030520193213.52071.qmail@web40205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [156.34.218.147] by web40205.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 20 May 2003 12:32:13 PDT Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 12:32:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Jamer To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: FreeBSD 5 Install Options X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 19:32:14 -0000 Hello! I haven't gotten the chance to use FreeBSD yet, do I figured I would grab an old 486 and install it. Now, I just have a few questions before installation. First of all, the computer doesn't have a working Cd-Rom drive, so I am going to have to use floppies to install it, but is it possible to put all the files I would need onto the harddrive, and then install directly from it, rather than using just floppies? It says a bit about this in the handbook and install.txt/htm, but I just want to make sure I understand before copying files over to the other computer for hours. Okay, now the second question, which I also found a bit of info on in the handbook, but want to make sure I understand before actually installing. I have a second harddrive which I want to install FreeBSD on, so I just need to make sure to have a Primary partition on the second drive, and install it there, right? At times in the instructions, it says to copy all the files to the C: and install it there, but I already have another OS there, and want FreeBSD to go on the second harddrive. Sorry for asking questions which the instructions probably answer, but I just want to make sure I know what I'm doing before I install it. Thanks! Ben Jamer __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com