From: Jonathan Berry (jberry_at_islandnet.com)
Date: Fri May 03 2002 - 16:58:04 EDT
In article <20020503091217.B18921-100000_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET>,
Vincent Poy <vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET> wrote:
>On Fri, 3 May 2002, Jonathan Berry wrote:
>
>> I'd like to install FreeBSD on a 701C that does not have a
>> floppy. The detailed instructions at the FreeBSD site assume
>> the use of floppies. There is a hint of info about using other
>> than floppies, but I'm not getting a consistent picture. For
>> example, in one place it says put the /bin directory in the
>> bootable C: partition, in another place it says something else.
>>
>> I do have a couple of things that *should* work better than
>> floppies.
>>
>> First, I can put the 720 MB HD into my 600E ultrabay adaptor
>> and copy anything I want to a DOS partition on that drive (I'm
>> running Windows in the 600E).
>>
>> Second I have a 128 MB Compact Flash card with PCMCIA adaptor.
>> It's bootable in the 600E, but not (I believe) in the 701C.
>>
>> The 701C (486/75) does not have a CD built-in. The PCMCIA CD I
>> had is on permanent loan to my brother. The floppy drives are
>> also on loan!
>>
>> I'm not wedded to FreeBSD, but it is supposedly more narrow in
>> focus than Linux, and straightforward to install.
>>
>> Could anybody provide pointers?
>>
>> I'd like to get the OS installed and THEN learn more about how
>> it works by using it. The last thing I want to do is get stuck
>> in the middle of the installation of an OS that I know nothing
>> about.
>
>All you need to do is put everything in the /bin directory to a
>temp directory on the HDD but you still will need the floppies to boot up.
Vince,
As stated, no floppy.
Not possible to put those files on C:\ and then install
FreeBSD to D: (partitions on the same physical disk) ?
>The other option is to burn the ISO's to CD and to boot up from CD and do
>the installs from that instead.
As stated, the 701C does not have a CD.
> I normally only download the floppies and
>then just let the floppies ftp over the internet during installation.
>What kind of CPU does the 701C have?
As stated, the 701C has a 486 / 75. Maxes out at 40 MB RAM.
I have seen reports of happy 701C users of FreeBSD, though
those reports are all of earlier versions.
>I have the 770Z with the PII 366 and
>512MB of ram and I'm thinking about running FreeBSD on it but I sure
>wished there was more CPU power.
I guess we always do.
-- cheers Jonathan Berry http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
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