From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 22 11:47:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24F937B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:47:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp08.wxs.nl (smtp08.wxs.nl [195.121.6.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DC7C43E77 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:47:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp08.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H4EC7Q00.NJ3; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:47:50 +0200 Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:47:19 +0200 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) Reply-To: freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <19737792402.20021022204719@dds.nl> To: Mike Hogsett Cc: "Sm@zZ" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: FreeBSD Install question In-Reply-To: <200210212256.g9LMuT1J061835@axp.csl.sri.com> References: <200210212256.g9LMuT1J061835@axp.csl.sri.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 12:56:29 AM, you wrote: > I haven't done FreeBSD installs on a laptop before, but you may be able to > use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp to boot the installer and do a network > install if you have a supported NIC card. > Good luck, > - Mike >> I have an older laptop that doesn't have a bootable CD-ROM. The bay >> either holds a CD Module or a Floppy module so I can't boot off the >> floppies and install from the CD-ROM. >> >> I have installed a small DOS partition and can access my FreeBSD CD-ROM, >> is there any way to invoke the install from within DOS. (RedHat has a >> batch file on the CD-ROM that allows the installer to launch, is there >> anything I can use to do this for FreeBSD?) >> >> Is it possible to boot off the floppies, switch out the Floppy module >> for the CD module and then use the CD? >> >> Any help or ideas would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rich B >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Dear Mike, You can also use the CDrom as a source. If you got the CDrom's You can also do start from the two floppies and use the cdrom as a source for the rest. You find the floppy images and a tool to make them(under DOS/Win) on the CD it self. -- Best regards, Alex The FreeBSD handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html How to get the best results from FreeBSD-Questions http://www.lemis.com/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message