From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 18:01:27 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 AAB7F106568D for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:01:27 +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 EC49A8FC08 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:01:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 09 Feb 2010 18:01:21 -0000 Received: from host-194126238033.net-serwis.pl (EHLO localhost) [194.126.238.33] by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 09 Feb 2010 19:01:21 +0100 X-Authenticated: #18511094 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+y+d9mRFiygXAN5sw7cCbOMwnZPW6b0FLPLnB4gK wHorSozZtK2wym Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 19:00:51 +0100 From: herbert langhans To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20100209180050.GA1486@sandcat> References: <20100209175339.18d2d289.herbert.raimund@gmx.net> <19313.38790.856415.592932@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <19313.38790.856415.592932@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.56999999999999995 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No floppy-images for FreeBSD 8.0 installation anymore? 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: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:01:27 -0000 Yes, just checked it. There is a 'boot from usb-cdrom' option in the setup. I guess I have to sacrifice a usb-stick for the installation. Will it work this way? This is not yet updated in the the handbook -- but the 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img seems to be a file I have to dump on the usb-stick. Is this the boot-file I need for the ftp-install? Cheers herbs On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 12:12:38PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > herbert langhans writes: > > > I cannot boot this computer from the SCSI-CD drives. Is there any > > chance to get 8.0 for floppies? > > I do not believe there are (by default) floppies for 8.0; > whether this is new for this release of not I cannot say. > Is the machine modern enough it could boot from a USB-connected > CDROM? > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- sprachtraining langhans herbert langhans, warschau http://www.langhans.com.pl herbert dot raimund at gmx dot net +0048 603 341 441