Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:36:26 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How difficult is it to make a netbootable installation? Message-ID: <199905132336.QAA02185@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 May 1999 23:40:27 %2B0200." <53136.926631627@verdi.nethelp.no>
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> I have an Alphastation 200 here with no floppy. Thus I'd like to know > how easy it would be to create install media that enables me to do the > whole installation using Ethernet. The install would be to a 1 GB SCSI > disk. > > Alternatively, can I use NetBSD (which *can* be installed over Ethernet) > to bootstrap FreeBSD? It's very easy to add a floppy drive to your AS200, and this is probably the least painful way to get FreeBSD installed. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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