Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive

stheg olloydson stheg_olloydson at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 24 16:26:25 GMT 2005


it was said by Anthony Atkielski
>
>ygb writes:
>
>> I have notebook IP-120MHz, without FDD
>> He is not boot from CD. It is very old.
>>
>> How can i install FreeBSD on in?
>
>Create a boot floppy.  You can then boot from the floppy and install
>from the CD.
>
>A fully procedure for doing this may be found here:
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html
>
>Look at part 2.2.7 on that page.  It explains how to create the
>floppies.
>
>-- 
>Anthony

Hello,

Because you don't have a floppy drive, Mr. Atkielski's suggestion will
not work. The link he gave you is a good one. Skip section 2.2.7 and
read section 2.13 instead. It explains how to install if you do not
have a floppy drive.

HTH,

Stheg

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