How to install FreeBSD on 2nd removable UltraBay Drive of a Dell600 NoteBook

2004-08-07 Thread Gilbert Laprise
I have Windows/XP install on my Dell 600 Notebook. Since with that Notebook I have the option of booting from a removable Ultrabay disk drive, I would like to install FreeBSD on the second drive. The problem is that in order to initiate the installation whether I do it using FTP, HTTP or NFS,

Re: How to install FreeBSD on 2nd removable UltraBay Drive of a Dell600 NoteBook

2004-08-07 Thread arden
how about getting a usb floppy drive ? Arden On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 20:07, Gilbert Laprise wrote: I have Windows/XP install on my Dell 600 Notebook. Since with that Notebook I have the option of booting from a removable Ultrabay disk drive, I would like to install FreeBSD on the second

Re: How to install FreeBSD on 2nd removable UltraBay Drive of a Dell600 NoteBook

2004-08-07 Thread Gilbert Laprise
That might work, but with the use of floppies going rapidly obsolete I would prefer not to buy an extra floppy drive. I could use a 128MB SD card in a USB drive. However I am not sure it would be possible to format it as a bootable device and boot from it. I am not sure either that just