Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:36:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 12.1 i386 CD #1 image size not compatible with intended medium standard size Message-ID: <20200616213651.ba41c212.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <ad1be45c-bb86-7526-2ff1-62e5987c606f@holgerdanske.com> References: <20200616122728.7bd2df41.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200616115127.53797f2bdea77fcbe032b4bf@sohara.org> <20200616125704.76ad3a4d.freebsd@edvax.de> <ad1be45c-bb86-7526-2ff1-62e5987c606f@holgerdanske.com>
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:27:48 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-06-16 03:57, Polytropon wrote: > > > A boot-only solution would not help, and also booting from > > DVD or USB is not possible, because it doesn't exist. > > Do you mean the computer does not have a DVD drive and does not have USB > ports? Correct. I could probably exchange the CD drive for a DVD drive (40 pin ATA interface), but it isn't able to boot from USB; there is a PCI card with USB 1.0 ports, but the system cannot boot from that resource (CMOS setup says: CDROM,C:,A:). The system also is not networked (it _could_ maybe boot via PXE on the NIC, but I don't have any PXE server infrastructure set up). So now I learned that the disc1 image is no longer intended for use with CD media, even though at least the i386 image _can_ be burned onto CD, even though by exceeding the standard's rules, it may or may not work... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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