Date: 24 Jul 2005 12:46:08 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Download ports from another machine Message-ID: <447jfgm9tb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <dd99923205072214164506c007@mail.gmail.com> References: <dd999232050716045262030bea@mail.gmail.com> <44u0iuzvb2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <dd99923205072214164506c007@mail.gmail.com>
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Don't top-post, please. Emil Khatib <fenomenoxp2@gmail.com> writes: > Well, I just had an idea, as make fetch-recursive-list is unusable in > windows (unless I make a script or program to read it or I download > manually each of the packages), I would like to be able to boot a > FreeBSD system installed on removable media. I have a removable HD but > I can't boot from it... Is there anyway I could boot the system from a > floppy using a partition in the removable drive as root? Yes, that should be no problem; just break to the loader(8) prompt and tell it what to use for the root and kernel. But I really don't understand the problem; you should be able to take the *output* of fetch-recursive-list to another system quite easily. Use a floppy to hold the text, if you want...
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