Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:57:10 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help *fast* Message-ID: <41D0D996.7010304@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41D0D165.6090101@makeworld.com> References: <BAY23-F3621D43CD02BAA8239F48BED9A0@phx.gbl> <41D0CE1B.6060408@nbritton.org> <41D0D165.6090101@makeworld.com>
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Chris wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> Broder Mizzérable wrote: >> >>> Hello there.. i'm switching to FreeBSD ' now '... i did try to use >>> the floppy installation way. but it seems like all my floppy's are >>> 50kb to small =/ ... so i was wondering .. is it possible to use a >>> CD ' That does already has stuffs on it but still boot it and >>> download FTP wise .. as you would do as on the floppy installation >>> ... i do ask this cuz i dont have any free CD's atm .. >>> >> I'm not quite following what you mean? You tried the standard tools >> to make the floppy's, like rawrite and dd? AND you did format these >> disk before hand to check that they didn't have bad sectors?.... I >> have a big box of floppy's that have been siting in the closet and >> every time I need one I have to go through 20 or so bad ones that >> have bad sectors or invalid media to find the one perfect one. floppy >> diskettes are junk thats why we stopped using them. > > > I agree with Nikolas to a point. Before the advent of burning your own > CD's floppies did just fine. It's all in how they are taken care of. > Addressing the Hello, we're starting to see the wave of users that > don't have the conceptual ideas of how the floppy was used, and > possibly how CD's are used. > > *Sigh* Gone are the days when users had the ground up ideas and > experience (that are deemed as practical). Good thing the new wave of > users are not asked to configure a boot disk that requires the need of > better then 600 k of conventional memory. I remember those days!, I liked them too as you "told" the computer to do something and it did it. Then came the GUI and the mouse. Ever since then I have felt something missing, I think I figured it out. point and click == point and grunt. > > But in answer - No, you can't use a pre-closed CD. >
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