From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 00:51:25 2005 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 915D716A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CD043D1D for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:47:48 -0600 Message-ID: <421E7689.1000902@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:51:22 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hauan David A References: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC601797B2D@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC601797B2D@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Feb 2005 00:47:49.0173 (UTC) FILETIME=[A103CE50:01C51AD3] cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: ygb Subject: Re: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:51:25 -0000 ----Original Message----- >From: ygb [mailto:YGB@mail.ru] >Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:18 AM >To: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive > > >I have notebook IP-120MHz, without FDD >He is not boot from CD. It is very old. > >How can i install FreeBSD on in? > >It has Windows partition > >I see utilit setup.exe in the list of files in /tools, but >has NOT found it. > >Help me, please! > > > Hauan David A wrote: >See this how-to >http://www.freebsddiary.org/plip.php >dave > > Thanks for that link. It's a good article. But we're still not helping the OP. To quote from this article: "Slap in your boot disk, select your options, and get yourself up to the point of choosing your installation method. Choose FTP install, and you should be prompted to set up your network interface. Choose lp0," So, where is he supposed to "slap in" this "boot disk", as he still has no FDD, and his BIOS won't boot from CD-ROM? Until someone invents hot-swappable motherboards (gg), I don't see that he can do this either. The installation program *has to be* executing in memory on the machine to be installed. Now, if some manufacturer's BIOS supported etherboot via PLIP interface, I could see some possibilities, though it's a rather desperate endeavor. Or am I just really, really dense here? Kevin KInsey