HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread Alfred Perlstein
I have a mini-HOWTO here that possibly be automated. Basically we're going to install FreeBSD over FreeBSD without a floppy, cdrom or pxe. This depends on a loader that's compatible with your kernel so if really weird lockups happen, you might not be compatible. Anyhow, here we go: Download

Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread Colin Percival
At 00:18 01/12/2003 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Then type these commands into the loader: unload kernel load /ikernel load -t mfs_root /mfsroot set vfs.root.mountfrom boot ^^ Surely that should be vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0c ? It should also be possible to put the

Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Colin Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031201 00:27] wrote: At 00:18 01/12/2003 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Then type these commands into the loader: unload kernel load /ikernel load -t mfs_root /mfsroot set vfs.root.mountfrom boot ^^ Surely that should be

Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.

2003-12-01 Thread pirat
On Monday, 1 December 2003 at 0:18:09 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 00:18:09 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe. I have a mini-HOWTO here that possibly