From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 9 01:11:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA22185 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 01:08:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.0.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22153 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 01:08:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: from speedy.plstn1.sfba.home.com ([24.1.82.47]) by ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA9705; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 01:07:36 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980209010835.00744638@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 01:08:35 -0800 To: Doug White , ALBERTO PICCOLI From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD from the CD Live File System Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <19980208182422.29726.qmail@www01.netaddress.usa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:01 AM 2/9/98 -0800, Doug White wrote: >> My LapTop use the floppy on the parallel port, >> then if the answer is yes it is also possible to start >> FreeBsd without using the Floppy. > >Parallel floppy? Barf! Does FreeBSD find it as a standard floppy in this >case? I think there may be some magic at work to have this DTRT. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Parallel floppies work with FreeBSD, (guessing this) if the laptop's BIOS or Chipset makes the parallel floppy look like a standard floppy drive (and it would be _extremely_ impractical if it didn't). My parallel floppy worked fine when I installed 2.2.1-R and later 2.2.5-R. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message