how about getting a usb floppy drive ? Arden
On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 20:07, Gilbert Laprise wrote: > I have Windows/XP install on my Dell 600 Notebook. Since with that > Notebook I have the option of booting from a removable Ultrabay disk > drive, I would like to install FreeBSD on the second drive. > > The problem is that in order to initiate the installation whether I do > it using FTP, HTTP or NFS, I have to remove the 2nd drive to replace it > with a CD/DVD or Floppy drive to boot and start the install process. It > is during this initial phase that my notebook hardware is detected. > Naturally at that time the 2nd drive is not in the ultrabay, so it is > not detected, but either the floppy or CD/DVD drive is. Once the > sysinstall program is running when I replace my boot device by the 2nd > disk, I don't see the second drive when I try to define the partition. > > I have a local net with a desktop already running FreeBSD and a FreeBSG > 5.1 bootable install CD. Any suggestion how to proceed to install > FreeBSD on the 2nd UltraBay drive of my Dell 600 Notebook. > > Gilbert Laprise > > > > _______________________________________________ > [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]"
