On 8/12/05, Kliment Andreev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maude User wrote:
Thanks for this info.
The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention USB but it
says the machine
can boot from Removable Devices so it sounds like your first
suggestion about booting from
removable
Maude User wrote:
Thanks for this info.
The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention USB but it
says the machine
can boot from Removable Devices so it sounds like your first
suggestion about booting from
removable drives would work.
Even if you boot from the USB CD, there is a
Even if you boot from the USB CD, there is a chance that FreeBSD load
won't recognize the USB chipset, so you won't be able to choose the
source for the installation media.
Unless of course, once you get the installer booted you choose a
network install source :-)
Aaron
On Aug 12, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Kliment Andreev wrote:
Maude User wrote:
Thanks for this info.
The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention USB
but it says the machine
can boot from Removable Devices so it sounds like your first
suggestion about booting from
removable drives
* Maude User [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-08-11 20:15]:
Hello -
I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a rackmount server that came with two SATA
hard drives
(it came with no CD or floppy). I will borrow a keyboard and monitor because
I was informed
today on this list that a headless install
Thanks for this info.
The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention USB but it says the
machine
can boot from Removable Devices so it sounds like your first suggestion about
booting from
removable drives would work.
It also says something about PXE so it looks like your second
