Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 13:39:49 -0700 From: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd7 on older machines Message-ID: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home>
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i can't seem to boot the cdrom on older hardware (500MHz and down).
i read somewhere that the older drives aren't supported by the
installation cdrom.
i want to create a series of 'dumb terminals' which can ssh -Y into a
faster machine. if necessary i suppose i can floppy in and then install
via nfs. or i can setup the hd on another machine that does support the
install cdrom and then transfer to the older machine.
here are the specific questions:
1. do older machines work better with older versions of freebsd?
2. if i dd a hd (with freebsd) onto another hd will i have a problem
with the mbr and be unable to boot?
3. are there any other ideas for install?
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