Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:58:01 -0700 From: John <jbarbee@singular.com> To: Chris Landauer <cal@rush.aero.org>, FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd installation question - ... Message-ID: <35927389.C5C3B528@singular.com> References: <199806242326.QAA22782@rush.aero.org>
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Chris Landauer wrote: > and it is not at all clear to me where to ask (any help will be appreciated) - > i looked through the FAQ and the installation guide, and have only one > remaining idea (at the end) > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > THE PROBLEM - i have a running freebsd system and i want to upgrade to 2.2.6, > but the floppy drive is broken, so i wanna boot off something else (there is > no DOS on the machine at all) > generally, pcs can boot off of either harddisk or floppy and that's it. > i can ftp the boot floppy contents to a file on the system, but i don't know > how to boot from that file (oh, also, the system BIOS does not let me boot off > the CD drive, which is available and working) > THE IDEA - so my one remaining idea is to look up reboot or some similar boot > command, to see if i can get the system to reboot from the (floppy disk boot > image) file directly, or to try to intercept the boot sequence and tell it > where the file can be found > > anyway, whether or not the idea works, i thought it would be a good thing to > make the problem known, and i will also tell you the result of trying it out > (btw, i am also buying a floppy disk drive, but it won't get here for a couple > of days) > floppies are only $20. it's probably an easier solution that boot off of a floppy image on harddisk > alternative suggestions would be welcome > > more later, > cal > > Dr. Christopher Landauer > Aerospace Integration Science Center > The Aerospace Corporation, Mail Stop M6/214 > P.O.Box 92957 > Los Angeles, California 90009-2957, USA > e-mail: cal@aero.org > Phone: +1 (310) 336-1361 > > 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
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