Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 00:52:12 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Veaceslav Revutchi <sl@dnt.md> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how get FreeBSD on a notebook without a FDD and CDROM? Message-ID: <393D809B.87393E91@i-clue.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005312107510.14453-100000@zeus.dnt.md>
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Veaceslav Revutchi wrote: > Greetings, > > Here is the situation: I got a notebook, broken floppy drive and > no cdrom. HDD is 1.3GB with one big FAT partition with windows 95 on it. > > Now I need to still keep the 95 thing on it but make some room for 4.0 > and install it. How do I do that? > I could get a ether card in it and copy the FreeBSD distr. in a folder. > But to actualy install it I need to somehow boot freebsd on it. > > Is there a way to launch the FreeBSD installer from withing DOS or > a similar way? > > any suggestions greatly appreciated. Since nobody answered, it is not easily possible. No CD drive, no Floppy drive, only an Ethernet PC-Card Nic is probably a no-go: Problem 1: partition your harddisk without a boot floppy. Can be solved eventually using partitioning custom partitioning software. Problem 2: a DOS boot loader existed until Win95 invalidated the mechanism it used. Thus, booting off DOS or Win95 is a no-go. I would 1) put your hard disk in another box; 2) backup everything; 3) repartition the disk, leaving room for both Win and FBSD, 4) install both OSes and last, but not least, retransplant the disk into your notebook. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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