Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:07:19 -0400 From: "Vlad D. Markov" <dvoich@aim.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 12.1 i386 CD #1 image size not compatible with intended medium standard size Message-ID: <20200616170719.57ee5938f9fdddc91c40f823@aim.com> In-Reply-To: <20200616165122.00001914@seibercom.net> References: <20200616122728.7bd2df41.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200616115127.53797f2bdea77fcbe032b4bf@sohara.org> <20200616125704.76ad3a4d.freebsd@edvax.de> <ad1be45c-bb86-7526-2ff1-62e5987c606f@holgerdanske.com> <20200616213651.ba41c212.freebsd@edvax.de> <1da9bbe1-8524-1389-dd0a-692be3bd8b4d@holgerdanske.com> <20200616220231.145829f5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200616165122.00001914@seibercom.net>
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:51:22 -0400 Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:02:31 +0200, Polytropon commented: > >On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:50:28 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > >> On 2020-06-16 12:36, Polytropon wrote: > >> > On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:27:48 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > >> >> On 2020-06-16 03:57, Polytropon wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> A boot-only solution would not help, and also booting from > >> >>> DVD or USB is not possible, because it doesn't exist. > >> >> > >> >> Do you mean the computer does not have a DVD drive and does not > >> >> have USB ports? > >> > > >> > Correct. I could probably exchange the CD drive for a DVD drive > >> > (40 pin ATA interface), but it isn't able to boot from USB; there > >> > is a PCI card with USB 1.0 ports, but the system cannot boot from > >> > that resource (CMOS setup says: CDROM,C:,A:). The system also is > >> > not networked (it _could_ maybe boot via PXE on the NIC, but I > >> > don't have any PXE server infrastructure set up). > >> > >> > >> I think it's time for that computer to go to the great data center > >> in the sky (or below the Earth)... > > > >No! Not poor Mr. Coffee! It (he?) was my first FreeBSD PC! > >It's still a worthy member of the society and be productive > >for good! :-) > > > > > > > >> But, if you must, what about NetBSD? > >> > >> https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.0/images/NetBSD-9.0-i386.iso > >> > >> > >> Debian 9? > >> > >> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/9.12.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-9.12.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso > >> > > > >Might be worth a try, surely interesting. > > You still have not explained why you could not just use an external DVD > drive. Amazon is selling them as cheap as $24. If you are really cheap, > you could just use it once and send it back for a refund. > > -- > Jerry How about booting off of PLOP on a CD, then booting off the USB on the PCI card to install freeBSD. (https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/full.html). Vlad
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