Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 09:22:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Richardson <mcr@milkyway.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing on a Compaq Contura Aero 4/33 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960706091946.18805C-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607051857.OAA22054@milkyway.com>
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On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, Michael Richardson wrote: > I managed to get the 2.1-960627-SNAP kernel (boot4) to boot on this system. > If I add -c to the boot flags, and remove the PCMCIA floppy drive and > insert my etherlink III card, I can recognize it, partition the hard disk, > and attempt to install. This is going to be the way you'll have to install. If your network has inet access then you should be able to do an ftp install from ftp.freebsd.org, or from a mounted cd on a local machine. > If I try to install from floppy, (leaving the floppy connected the whole > time), I am informed that the machine does not have a floppy drive. On boot up, > I see fdc0, but no fd0 found. Welcome to compaq, the proprietary software company. :( Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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