Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:33:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: David Reed <GIGAWATT@localnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Technical Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960802233231.535Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607311119.HAA03092@buffalo1.localnet.com>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, David Reed wrote: > I have a pentium HP without a CD ROM. The machine is attached to thin > Ethernet which in turn is directly connected to the Internet. The computer > is running Windows 3.x. In addition the computer has an FTP client and our > connection is very fast. > > How would I go about converting the machine to BSD without a CD drive? In > otherwords, is there a way of installing the Boot section while windows is > active, and then installing the full system after rebooting from the UNIX > boot section? Without a CD Drive, I can't think of alternative ways to > accomplish this task. Actually, if your ethernet card is supported, you can do an FTP install and get the software directly from the Net from ftp.freebsd.org. That's about as easy as it gets, beyond CDROM. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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