Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:21:06 +0100 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Anyone installed FBSD using a SCSI ZIP drive? Message-ID: <19970911102106.37614@strand.iii.co.uk>
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How do,
I'm pondering how to install FreeBSD on (what will be) my new computer. It
will have no access to a network, and I don't particularly like the thought
of downloading the bindist at modem speeds. I have access to another system
at a geographically remote location (specifically, the office) on which I
can download the bindist.
I was considering taking a ZIP disk, putting a file system on it and laying
out the bindist on top of that. Since the ZIP drive on my target machine
will be SCSI, I assume sysinstall will spot it and let me use it as a normal
drive.
During installation I can then select the "install from another filesystem"
option, and have it suck the bindist from the ZIP drive.
As far as I can tell, this will work. But I'd appreciate confirmation before
I try it. So, if there's anyone who's done this before around, could they
let me know:
a) If the boot floppy will recognise a SCSI ZIP drive (I can't think of
any reason why not)
b) Assuming I mount the ZIP drive under /mnt, how the files should be
layed out under that. I *think* that
/mnt/2.2.2-RELEASE/bin/*
will be right.
If I get this working I'll write up a tutorial on the subject, and also
try and use my new resources to build a boot floppy with the necessary
bits in it to let the parallel port ZIP drive work as well. I imagine
this will be handy for some people.
N
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