From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET)
Date: Fri May 03 2002 - 16:17:31 EDT
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Jonathan Berry wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, I know... That's why I said that your only other option is
to do it via CD.
> Not possible to put those files on C:\ and then install
> FreeBSD to D: (partitions on the same physical disk) ?
Not to my knowledge since the installs I usually do are remote
installs where someone uses the floppy and then the installation process
will download everything else. Your problem is while you will have the
distributed archives, you won't have the OS loaded so that the installer
will run.
> >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.
Hmmm. There is a solution. Install the complete OS to the HD on
a desktop first and set it up so it is running then just pull the drive
and put it back into the laptop. It will work since we've been moving
drives to new systems when we wanted to switch the other part of the
system and it works fine.
> > 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 guess it all depends on what you run but the older FreeBSD used
to be able to run on 4MB of RAM. I used to run on a 386DX/20 with 4MB of
RAM and it worked.
> >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.
Yep. I mean I have all the components right next to me to build a
desktop except I have no room to put the box.
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