Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:32 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Floppies for ALPHA Message-ID: <20030731033332.GN430@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030730201109.GA72260@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20030729202150.GD66399@sunbay.com> <20030730014325.GA6459@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730045946.GA22205@sunbay.com> <20030730154052.GA55744@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730155414.GA99616@sunbay.com> <20030730185412.GA71527@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730190730.GP42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730191738.GC71737@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730194829.GQ42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730201109.GA72260@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On 2003-Jul-30 22:11:09 +0200, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote: [dd the install image onto a HDD] >Well, I have done something like this once by pulling a StorageWorks >SBB disk from a machine where I dd-ed an OS ontop of it and then put >that disk in another machine to boot it. I also had to do it to bootstrap my Multia - no floppy drive or CD-ROM and the FreeBSD netboot is incompatible with the Multia SRM. It's a nuisance unless you have removable media and a running system where you can attach the media but it is doable. It's still easier than installing a Sun3 from tape. Peter
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