Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:31:26 -0000 From: "Peter McGarvey" <Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> To: "John Daniel" <john@cell-works.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: I have a question for question but I need help framing it.. Message-ID: <NDBBJLAJELEHNLGABIJNIEBCDEAA.Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912100923550.9461-100000@cell-works.com>
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> i recently came across a website that shipped hard disks with linux
> already installed that you could put in a system and it would boot and
> then you could configure it. I want to figure out how to do the same thing
> with freebsd. Its not for profit a friend is trying to set up a webserver
> and I want to send him a disk to get him started.( plus i learn better if
> I have an interesting project rather then just reading. I want to ask the
> people on questions but I'm not sure how to frame the question. A message
> like this seems insufficient. Any suggestions for subquestions I should
> ask, Pages I could look at,...etc?
Funny that. I learn't everything I know by just doing it. Tutorial and
manuals are for wimps :) I only use them when I'm looking for answers to
specific questions.
On to your question...
If you ask me a standard install should do it. I recently setup a machine
and it ran fine. Up to the point that the motherboard died. I simply took
the disk out, put it in another machine and it all worked fine, no tweaking
or reconfiguring.
You may need to check out how to enable/disable drivers upon boot. My
machines were totally different but they did have the same type of NIC
installed which probably helped. But you should be able to leave everything
enabled and let the system work out what needs to be enabled and disabled.
It will just make the boot process take slightly longer.
TTFN, FNORD
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