Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:37:36 -0700 From: Sean Peck <seanp@loudcloud.com> To: elina <elina@cloudfactory.org> Cc: Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD for PentiumII Message-ID: <3B5728F0.5032F985@loudcloud.com> References: <3B563377.179CA889@cloudfactory.org> <01071902363801.00303@omsk.mushinsky.net> <003501c1106d$f734d900$95867ed8@org.cloudfactory.org>
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You can create bootable floppies, the manual explains how... of course I would probably invest the time to see if a BIOS upgrade existed for the motherboard to allow CDROM booting.... Its hugely convienent to be able to do so. elina wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Isaac Mushinsky <imush@mail.ru> > To: elina <elina@cloudfactory.org>; freebsd-questions > <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:36 PM > Subject: Re: BSD for PentiumII > > > On Wednesday 18 July 2001 21:10, you wrote: > > > I downloaded freeBSD and burned the installation files onto cd, but my > > > computer with not recognize it as a bootable CD? What do I do? > > > > Do you mean > > 1. your BIOS cannot boot from CD at all? or perhaps > > This is the problem, > my BIOS cannot boot from the CD. I know I burned the image to the CD > correctly because I have another PC machine and it will boot up fine from > that one. So, If I try making bootable floppies, will it work? if so what > files, or where, do I get them? > I got a lot of responses. Everyone is so willing to help on this list, it's > nice. I'm sure I'll have more questions once I get the OS installed. > > Thanks everyone, > elina > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Garbage Collection... the bell bottoms of programming.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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