Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 23:33:35 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How difficult is it to make a netbootable installation? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905132331110.509-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <53136.926631627@verdi.nethelp.no>
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > I have an Alphastation 200 here with no floppy. Thus I'd like to know > how easy it would be to create install media that enables me to do the > whole installation using Ethernet. The install would be to a 1 GB SCSI > disk. > > Alternatively, can I use NetBSD (which *can* be installed over Ethernet) > to bootstrap FreeBSD? > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no You should be able to netboot the kernel inside the boot.flp image. You will need to use vnconfig to get it out. We should probably arrange to have useful netbootable kernels available in the release tree (maybe in /kernels). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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