Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:59:56 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Floppies for ALPHA Message-ID: <20030731095956.GB76030@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030731083155.GA97176@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <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> <20030731083155.GA97176@cicely12.cicely.de>
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:31:55AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > 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. SRM issue on Multia. See ftp://ftp.tcja.nl/pub/wilko for the latest SRM that does netboot Multia. > IIRC have multias pcmcia slots. They do. > Can they boot from flash media? Not that I know. > > It's still easier than installing a Sun3 from tape. > > My first FreeBSD installation was done from tape. You're newbie.. I booted my 386BSD0.1 from a huge floppyset, which I obtained via ftpmail.dec.com in 2-zillion seperate emails (I did not have IP connectivity in those days, only UUCP email at work ;-) -- | / o / /_ _ FreeBSD core team secretary |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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