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Date:      Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:20:58 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD cant boot from ZIP - Is it true? 
Message-ID:  <200102151921.f1FJKxV18036@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:29:37 EST." <5.0.0.25.0.20010215142835.02111890@mail.etinc.com> 

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> Is it true that freebsd can't boot from a zip drive?

No.

You can't boot from the parallel-port drives, but that's a feature of the 
PC not expecting to be able to boot from a printer rather than a FreeBSD 
issue.

I've personally booted FreeBSD from the old, old ATA Zip drives, the 
ATAPI ones and of course the SCSI drives, in both whole-disk and 
sliced (as from the factory) modes.

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]
           V I C T O R Y   N O T   V E N G E A N C E




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