Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-04 Thread perryh
If the machines have floppies, there are downloadable floppy images. Is anyone aware of a simple method to construct a bootable zip-drive image from the floppy images and/or bootonly.iso? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-04 Thread Tim Judd
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:13 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: If the machines have floppies, there are downloadable floppy images. Is anyone aware of a simple method to construct a bootable zip-drive image from the floppy images and/or bootonly.iso? problem is to create the zip disk

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-03 Thread Mel
On Monday 02 March 2009 08:36:39 new_guy wrote: We normally use OpenBSD, but would like to try FreeBSD on a test system. Usually, when updating from one OpenBSD release to another, we do so by downloading the latest bsd.rd and booting from that to complete the install. Our machines have no

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-03 Thread Tim Judd
the install. Our machines have no optical drives. Does FreeBSD have a similar method to installation? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22292723.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Being

bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread new_guy
method to installation? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22292723.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread Ricardo Jesus
new_guy wrote: Hi, We normally use OpenBSD, but would like to try FreeBSD on a test system. Usually, when updating from one OpenBSD release to another, we do so by downloading the latest bsd.rd and booting from that to complete the install. Our machines have no optical drives. Does FreeBSD have

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread new_guy
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Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
than where it will be installed. That is mostly because you build your disk filesystem as part of the installation. jerry Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22292723.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread Ricardo Jesus
new_guy wrote: You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating system over ftp. If that's what you want I definitely misunderstood.

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install'

2009-03-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 06:19:57PM +, Ricardo Jesus wrote: new_guy wrote: You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
done it from network and second Hard drive boots as well as floppy and CD boots. jerry -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22293310.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install

2009-03-02 Thread Ricardo Jesus
think some people have done it from network and second Hard drive boots as well as floppy and CD boots. jerry -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22293310.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com