From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 11 23:59:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19659106566C for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 23:59:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8078FC0A for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 23:59:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4BNx5Q4042728; Sun, 11 May 2008 18:59:05 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080511185606.0264b180@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:54 -0500 To: prad , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home> References: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080511-0, 05/11/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6806/Wed Apr 16 15:50:16 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m4BNx5Q4042728 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: freebsd7 on older machines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 23:59:17 -0000 At 03:39 PM 5/9/2008, prad wrote: >i can't seem to boot the cdrom on older hardware (500MHz and down). >i read somewhere that the older drives aren't supported by the >installation cdrom. > >i want to create a series of 'dumb terminals' which can ssh -Y into a >faster machine. if necessary i suppose i can floppy in and then install >via nfs. or i can setup the hd on another machine that does support the >install cdrom and then transfer to the older machine. > >here are the specific questions: > >1. do older machines work better with older versions of freebsd? >2. if i dd a hd (with freebsd) onto another hd will i have a problem >with the mbr and be unable to boot? >3. are there any other ideas for install? > >-- >In friendship, >prad Your older computer probably doesn't support booting from CD. You can get a third party BIOS to upgrade your system. Or create boot floppies to start the install. Once you get a version installed keep it up to date using cvsup or the new binary update utility. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.