Re: Boot and Install from USB?
On 7/28/06, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/28/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > Floppy and CD-ROM drives, why do I need them? They take up to much > > chassis real estate and I never use them after the server is in > > production. Why can't I do all this stuff with USB? > > > > If I got a USB flash, USB CD-ROM, and/or a USB floppy drive what could > > I do with it? > > > > * Boot into DOS to run BIOS updates? > > * Load the FreeBSD CD to a flash drive and boot / install from it? > > > > I see no reason to keep buying them, there like tits on a bull. > > None of my servers have floppies or cdrom or any optical drives. I > keep a couple floppies and a dvd and a cdrom around and if I need on > I plug it in for the duration of the need... > Been there done that. It's a pain in the butt: 1. Power down 2. Take cover off 3. Plug in drive 4. Put cover back on 5. Power on 6. Re-enable BIOS support for device. 7. Do what needs to be done 8. Power down 9. Take cover off 10. Unplug drive 11. Put cover back on 12. Power on 13. Disable BIOS support for device. Ok I just bought some stuff to experiment with: * USB Floppy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821103510 * USB to IDE Adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812156101 * USB Flash Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820233008 Well see what happens! What I really want is to install FreeBSD using the USB Flash Drive. IIRC from a post long ago FreeBSD had problems with this. IIRC dd would format the USB Flash drive in ISO9660, Like a CD. So I think I'll have to roll my own images. Maybe the RELENG team could make USB Flash into an official image, like the CD ISOs, for FreeBSD 6.2. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Boot and Install from USB?
On 7/28/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > Floppy and CD-ROM drives, why do I need them? They take up to much > chassis real estate and I never use them after the server is in > production. Why can't I do all this stuff with USB? > > If I got a USB flash, USB CD-ROM, and/or a USB floppy drive what could > I do with it? > > * Boot into DOS to run BIOS updates? > * Load the FreeBSD CD to a flash drive and boot / install from it? > > I see no reason to keep buying them, there like tits on a bull. None of my servers have floppies or cdrom or any optical drives. I keep a couple floppies and a dvd and a cdrom around and if I need on I plug it in for the duration of the need... Been there done that. It's a pain in the butt: 1. Power down 2. Take cover off 3. Plug in drive 4. Put cover back on 5. Power on 6. Re-enable BIOS support for device. 7. Do what needs to be done 8. Power down 9. Take cover off 10. Unplug drive 11. Put cover back on 12. Power on 13. Disable BIOS support for device. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Boot and Install from USB?
On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: Floppy and CD-ROM drives, why do I need them? They take up to much chassis real estate and I never use them after the server is in production. Why can't I do all this stuff with USB? If I got a USB flash, USB CD-ROM, and/or a USB floppy drive what could I do with it? * Boot into DOS to run BIOS updates? * Load the FreeBSD CD to a flash drive and boot / install from it? I see no reason to keeping buy them, there like tits on a bull. None of my servers have floppies or cdrom or any optical drives. I keep a couple floppies and a dvd and a cdrom around and if I need on I plug it in for the duration of the need... Chad ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
