Install Free BSD without floppy, without bootable CD-ROM-drive, without boot from LAN etc.

albi at scii.nl albi at scii.nl
Fri Feb 25 13:08:35 GMT 2005


On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:50:47 +0300
àÒÉÊ <YGB at mail.ru> wrote:

> Hardvare configuration:
> Compaq 5280
> Intel Pentium 120MHz
> 80Mb RAM
> 4,3 Gb HDD Hitachi
> CD-ROM -8x Panasonic (I CAN NOT boot from it)
> 
> NO able boot from LAN, NO FDD,
> 2,5" HDD - I can't connect this HDD to desktop and install FreeBSD on
> it.

there are a few more options :

- use a laptop-hdd-2-IDE converter (i have one and it works well!)

- ask a friend with a laptop which has a cdrom, and put your hdd in that
  laptop during install and after install put it back in your laptop



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