From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 14:48:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A397437B410 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:48:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ashram.rhavenn.net (ashram.rhavenn.net [209.150.195.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD44A43FCB for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:48:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) Received: from 172.20.0.144 (unknown [172.20.0.144]) by ashram.rhavenn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60E012A84E for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:06:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Henrik Hudson To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:47:52 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030423233605.01f4eed8@archimedes.rsn.bth.se> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030423233605.01f4eed8@archimedes.rsn.bth.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304231647.52871.lists@rhavenn.net> Subject: Re: freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: lists@rhavenn.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 21:48:40 -0000 That answer is kind of mis-leading :) FreeBSD only runs on x86 and Alpha and marginally Sparc. I would think NetBSD would be your best bet if you want a *BSD, otherwise one of the Linuxes (Yellow Dog???don't know about floppy support though) would probably work to. YOu will still need either an Ethernet or modem connection to the net though to download the rest of the install. On Wednesday 23 April 2003 16:42, Jalle wrote: > Well, FreeBSD doesn't really install from floppies... > You can use virtually any other way imaginable to install FreeBSD, but not > floppies. Sure, you use them to start up the installation, but you must do > the actual installing from some other media. > > Maybe netbsd or openbsd would be a better choice for an old Mac? > > Good luck anyway! > > /Jalle > > At 17:22 2003-04-23 -0400, Mike Driscoll wrote: > >i run a pc with windows xp as my internet connection. recently, i acquired > >an old mac LC III with one floppy drive. if i download freebsd and copy it > >to floppies on my windows pc, can i still use them to install freebsd to > >my mac? > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net "`If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.'" --Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy