Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:07:46 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Keith R. Bolson" <kbolson@landoflakes.com> Subject: Re: Questions about freeBSD installation. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970827225816.25971I-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199708271718.KAA16193@hub.freebsd.org>
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> From: "Keith R. Bolson" <kbolson@landoflakes.com> > Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:34:32 -0500 > Subject: Questions about freeBSD installation. > > Hello. > I wanted to try freeBSD. I have a laptop using W95 to get the > sw over the net, an iomega zip 100MB to move stuff with and > a target system - a junk 486 with 32 MB ram. > In any case, I can't ftp from my target system, so I'd like > to know what files I need to do the install. > The boot disk boot.flp boots and I partition a 300MB after > the DOS partition. - Novice user, binaries and doc install. > I get lost, tho, when it expects the other files from > CDROM/DOS/FTP to do this installation. The kernel isn't found. > Can I place the freeBSD distribution files on the DOS partition > and install from there? Does freeBSD support a printer-port Yes, of course. That is what the DOS option in the install is for :-) You make a FreeBSD directory in the root directory of drive c: and put the distribution files there (look under bin/ and doc/ on the ftp site). You might also try setting up X on it. > iomega zip drives ? .. probably. As far as I know, not yet. Though I could be wrong. > I'd appreciated any assistance you can give me. > Thank you. --krb > Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions.
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