From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 18 10:50:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA21373 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:50:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.ge.com (ns.ge.com [192.35.39.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA21367 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:50:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from thomas.ge.com (thomas.ge.com [3.47.28.21]) by ns.ge.com (8.8.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA27175; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:48:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from crissy.gemis.ge.com (crissy-ether.gemis.ge.com [3.29.7.204]) by thomas.ge.com (8.8.4/8.7.5) with SMTP id NAA13668; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:51:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from salem.ge.com (carsdb.salem.ge.com [3.29.7.15]) by crissy.gemis.ge.com (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id NAA21364; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:43:45 -0500 Received: from combs.salem.ge.com by salem.ge.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA00813; Tue, 18 Feb 97 13:43:46 EST Received: from localhost (steve@localhost) by combs.salem.ge.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id NAA00621; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:43:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:43:44 -0500 (EST) From: "Stephen F. Combs" To: Tim Oneil Cc: Mike , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fresh hardware In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970218091512.00965170@visigenic.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've never used DOS to install FreeBSD on a computer! (Of course, I've got a Sun at work which I use to create the BOOT Disk and the FIXIT disk). As long as you have a method of creating the boot disk (i.e. another PC or a workstation with a 3.5" floppy) you can just create the boot disk and then boot it and follow the std instructions! My PC at home hasn't had DOS on it anywhere in over 5 years! ---- Stephen F. Combs Internet: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM GE Industrial Systems Voice: 540.387.8828 Network Services Home: CombsSF-Home@Salem.GE.COM 1501 Roanoke Blvd FAX: 540.387.7106 Salem, VA 24153 LapTop: CombsSF-Mobile@Salem.GE.COM On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Tim Oneil wrote: > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:15:13 -0800 > From: Tim Oneil > To: Mike > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: fresh hardware > > At 02:41 AM 2/15/97 -0500, you wrote: > >I've been looking through your site, and see you have install instuctions > >for DOS.. I was wondering what i need to do to install FreeBSD on a newly > >assembled computer that has not yet been booted. > > If I may, I couldn't contain myself; > > You can go to an exsisting machine and create the bsd boot floppy, > or just do what I and I think what most do, and thats go ahead > and install dos (make sure its 6), and get access to your cdrom > drive, and do it that way. If your really masochistic you can lay > dos down, and then a tcp stack (make sure you have a modem) set > yourself up with a local isp, and install it over the net. > In any case though, you'll need to install dos first, unless the > freeBSD group has come up with something new... > -Tim > >