Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 01:08:35 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, ALBERTO PICCOLI <piccolial@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD from the CD Live File System Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980209010835.00744638@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980209000001.24904Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <19980208182422.29726.qmail@www01.netaddress.usa.net>
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At 12:01 AM 2/9/98 -0800, Doug White wrote: >> My LapTop use the floppy on the parallel port, >> then if the answer is yes it is also possible to start >> FreeBsd without using the Floppy. > >Parallel floppy? Barf! Does FreeBSD find it as a standard floppy in this >case? I think there may be some magic at work to have this DTRT. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Parallel floppies work with FreeBSD, (guessing this) if the laptop's BIOS or Chipset makes the parallel floppy look like a standard floppy drive (and it would be _extremely_ impractical if it didn't). My parallel floppy worked fine when I installed 2.2.1-R and later 2.2.5-R. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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