On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 10:35:16AM -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > hi folks, > I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, > some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000 > installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is about > installing on a desktop by booting from floppies. THank you!!
If you buy a new enough one, it should have a USB port and most likely be able to boot from that USB port. So, buy a USB CDrom drive and boot the install CD from that and then do the rest of the install over the net - from a FreeBSD FTP mirror. ////jerry > > TFC > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
