From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 16 9:25:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF2837B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from consult-scs.com (vpn.consult-scs.com [209.172.126.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B42443EB2 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vulture@consult-scs.com) Received: from consult-scs.com (localhost.consult-scs.com [127.0.0.1]) by consult-scs.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBGHPeMh048897 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by consult-scs.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBGHPe6o048896 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:40 -0800 (PST) From: Jonathan Feally X-Authentication-Warning: consult-scs.com: nobody set sender to vulture@consult-scs.com using -f Received: from 65.188.220.1 ( [65.188.220.1]) as user vulture@127.0.0.1 by mail.consult-scs.com with HTTP; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:40 -0800 Message-ID: <1040059540.3dfe0c9422289@mail.consult-scs.com> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:40 -0800 To: FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD Install Floppy with USB Floppy drive? References: <20021213122320.H60804-100000@borg-cube.com> <200212151630.gBFGUG04015123@jpp.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200212151630.gBFGUG04015123@jpp.homeunix.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org To do a network boot: I believe all you have to do is set up a tftp server and BOOTP/DHCP - With options(I've listed ISC-DHCP3 options): You may want to make a special host entry for just the computer's MAC address, unless everything is statically set up. option tftp-server-name string; // This should be the machine to boot off of option bootfile-name string; // You should use boot.flp - not kernel.flp and mfsroot.flp option root-path string; // Don't know if you will need this along with IP, GW, and Subnet Mask, DNS Servers Quoting Jean-Pierre PARISY : > On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:18:51 -0800 (PST), Donald Burr of Borg > wrote: > > > * is there any way to get booting from a USB floppy drive to work? > > I don't know. > > > * if not, can the FreeBSD installer be booted in any other way? Can I > > somehow boot the installer floppy image over the network using PXE? Or > > is there any other method? (if it helps, I have a FreeBSD box that is > > already up and running on my network, and can set it up for net booting, > > etc.) > > Look at the article in /usr/share/doc/en/articles/pxe, it reads > something like that : > > This article details the method used to allow machines to install > FreeBSD using the Intel PXE method of booting a machine over a network. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message