From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 2 6:36:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF36837B401 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 06:36:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f62DWls03318; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:32:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B4078AC.67147DC1@iowna.com> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 09:35:40 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OpsyDopsy@netcabo.pt Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FBSD through diskettes? References: <0a7c83923130271TVCABO07@netcabo.pt> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Joćo Fernandes wrote: > > Is there any available distribution of FBSD in diskettes? I was wondering > how could I install it in a portable PC without > CDrom :-/ > > Thanks in advance. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-guide.html Halfway down are instructions on how to do a floppy install. I've done this, and I want to say that I DO NOT recommend it. It's a pain in the butt do and very time consuming. Assume that about 1 out of 10 disks or so will be bad and you'll need to recreate it before continuing. Not sure how many disks it takes now, but it's over 20. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message