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From: ygb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive I have notebook IP-120MHz, without FDD How can i install FreeBSD on in? It has Windows partition I see utilit setup.exe in the list of files in /tools, but has NOT found it. Help me, please!Hauan David A wrote:
See this how-to
http://www.freebsddiary.org/plip.php
dave
Thanks for that link. It's a good article. But we're still not helping the OP. To quote from this article:
"Slap in your boot disk, select your options, and get yourself up to the point of choosing your installation method. Choose FTP install, and you should be prompted to set up your network interface. Choose lp0,"
So, where is he supposed to "slap in" this "boot disk", as he still has no FDD, and his BIOS won't boot from CD-ROM?
Until someone invents hot-swappable motherboards (gg), I don't see that he can do this either. The installation program *has to be* executing in memory on the machine to be installed.
Now, if some manufacturer's BIOS supported etherboot via PLIP interface, I could see some possibilities, though it's a rather desperate endeavor.
Or am I just really, really dense here?
Kevin KInsey
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i think my old thinkpad will boot from the CDROM if i hit a certain F keys on boot. can you download the hardware manual from somewhere?
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