From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 14:37:57 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 58CEE37B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 14:37:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.bendcable.com (smtp-server.bendcable.com [216.228.160.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DF243FBD for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 14:37:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from 1@bendcable.com) Received: from hsds1059 (unverified [216.228.161.254]) by sm2.bendcable.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 5.2.5) with SMTP id ; Tue, 20 May 2003 12:36:16 -0700 Message-ID: <001801c31f07$0cd16ef0$3b0aa8c0@hsds1059> From: "Josh Richesin" <1@bendcable.com> To: "Ben Jamer" , References: <20030520193213.52071.qmail@web40205.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 12:36:03 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: 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 21:37:57 -0000 Hello, If you have an internet connection you might want to look into installing over the network. It would be much faster then disk's. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Jamer" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: FreeBSD 5 Install Options > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"