Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:19:14 -0900 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: new_guy <byte8bits@gmail.com> Subject: Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install Message-ID: <200903030819.15001.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <22292723.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <22292723.post@talk.nabble.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Monday 02 March 2009 08:36:39 new_guy wrote:
> We normally use OpenBSD, but would like to try FreeBSD on a test system.
> Usually, when updating from one OpenBSD release to another, we do so by
> downloading the latest bsd.rd and booting from that to complete the
> install. Our machines have no optical drives. Does FreeBSD have a similar
> method to installation?
You can use nanobsd (toolt/tools/nanobsd) on a flash card and possibly through
PXE, but I'd never tried that. You'd still have to circumvent the bootstrap
of making that image, unless someone on the list wants to share his nanobsd
image.
If the machines have floppies, there are downloadable floppy images.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200903030819.15001.fbsd.questions>