Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:16:34 -0400 From: Michael Skipper <mskipper@glue.umd.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: newbie install via dhcp Message-ID: <200101191416.f0JEGbZ29968@po3.glue.umd.edu>
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Hi all Newbie here. This is a preinstall question(s). I have an older Thinkpad (760EL, Pent 133, 48 MB RAM, 2G HDD), that doesn't, unfortunately, boot from CDROM. This model also has the single bay used by floppy and CD drives, and so I cannot use both drives at the same time. I have made the two install floppies using fdimage. If I grab a set of CDs from Walnut Creek, will I be able to install the kern and mfsboot images and then be able to switch out the drives to use the CDs for the remainder of the install? Most convenient (and cheapest) for me would be to install these two floppy images, and then use a dhcp ethernet connection (with supported 3C eth card) to install the rest of the distro. Is this possible with what the install floppies provide? Since I haven't actually shoved the floppies in yet, I don't know where they leave off--I will, of course, do that and see, but I thought I would solicit advice here first. TIA Mike Skipper To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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