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Date:      Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:56:29 -0700
From:      Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
To:        "Sm@zZ" <smazz@twcny.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Install question 
Message-ID:  <200210212256.g9LMuT1J061835@axp.csl.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Sm@zZ" <smazz@twcny.rr.com>  of "Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:51:06 EDT." <000101c27954$58355860$0901a8c0@bvs560> 

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I haven't done FreeBSD installs on a laptop before, but you may be able to
use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp to boot the installer and do a network
install if you have a supported NIC card.

Good luck,

 - Mike

> I have an older laptop that doesn't have a bootable CD-ROM. The bay
> either holds a CD Module or a Floppy module so I can't boot off the
> floppies and install from the CD-ROM.
> 
> I have installed a small DOS partition and can access my FreeBSD CD-ROM,
> is there any way to invoke the install from within DOS. (RedHat has a
> batch file on the CD-ROM that allows the installer to launch, is there
> anything I can use to do this for FreeBSD?)
> 
> Is it possible to boot off the floppies, switch out the Floppy module
> for the CD module and then use the CD?
> 
> Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rich B
> 
> 
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