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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:56:35 +0100
From:      Joe Holden <joe@joeholden.co.uk>
To:        Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: freebsd on laptop
Message-ID:  <46794023.9000506@joeholden.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <f84c38580706200754l29f04e06y7fe62231f58e3e66@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f84c38580706200735v3b2c07ddtbfc05c2139d672a7@mail.gmail.com>	<20070620093544.I31953@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> <f84c38580706200754l29f04e06y7fe62231f58e3e66@mail.gmail.com>

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Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
> no, i dont have floppy...
> 
> TFC
> 
> On 6/20/07, Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
>>
>> > hi folks,
>> >  I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is,
>> > some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000
>> > installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is
>> about
>> > installing on a desktop by booting from floppies. THank you!!
>> >
>>
>> You can boot from floppies, configure your network card and install the
>> system using FTP.
>>
>> I had used a diskless system to install FreeBSD in computers that
>> do not even have floppies!
>>
>> There is a lot of possibilities.
>>
>>             Eduardo.
>>
>>
If its fairly recently, it will probably support PXE, you could
boot+install via that?

Thanks,
Joe



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