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Date:      Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:47:52 -0500
From:      Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd
Message-ID:  <200304231647.52871.lists@rhavenn.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030423233605.01f4eed8@archimedes.rsn.bth.se>
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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?
> >
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Henrik Hudson
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