Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:31:55 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, ticso@cicely.de, alpha@freebsd.org, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Floppies for ALPHA Message-ID: <20030731083155.GA97176@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20030731033332.GN430@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> References: <20030730014325.GA6459@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730045946.GA22205@sunbay.com> <20030730154052.GA55744@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730155414.GA99616@sunbay.com> <20030730185412.GA71527@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730190730.GP42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730191738.GC71737@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730194829.GQ42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730201109.GA72260@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030731033332.GN430@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 01:33:32PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2003-Jul-30 22:11:09 +0200, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote: > [dd the install image onto a HDD] > >Well, I have done something like this once by pulling a StorageWorks > >SBB disk from a machine where I dd-ed an OS ontop of it and then put > >that disk in another machine to boot it. > > I also had to do it to bootstrap my Multia - no floppy drive or CD-ROM > and the FreeBSD netboot is incompatible with the Multia SRM. Must be multia specific - I netbooted a NoName. > It's a nuisance unless you have removable media and a running system > where you can attach the media but it is doable. IIRC have multias pcmcia slots. Can they boot from flash media? My IBM notebook supports this - and via adapter even from CF. > It's still easier than installing a Sun3 from tape. My first FreeBSD installation was done from tape. Unfortunately PC need another media to boot from :( -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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