Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:43:45 -0700 From: The Bear <bear@linuxbear.hip.berkeley.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing FreeBSD from DOS w/out floppy or cd Message-ID: <19990819124345.A9583@linuxbear.hip.berkeley.edu>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD on a laptop which has no cd-rom and no
floppy. I have seen utilities like fbsdboot.exe and I have heard about
setup.exe, both of which seem like they are supposed to be able to do
some sort of install from dos.
I have not had any luck with fbsdboot.exe ( it always complains about
invalid kernel format [ I've tried fbsdboot -D c:\kernel\kernel < a fbsd3.2
kernel, and fbsdboot -D c:\kernel\boot.flp ] ), and I have been unable
to find setup.exe.
I also know a utility for netbooting computer's is available, but, I doubt
it would work with a pcmcia ethetnet card ( although it is ne2000 compatible ),
and I would really like to avoid having to set up a bootp server ( Although
I would if I have to ), does anyone know if this would work?
The Laptop is a Zenith Z-note 486/66 running dos 6.2. Dos is completly
useless to me, so I would like to wipe the partition, and put FBSD in
it's place. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Charles Shiflett
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