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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech2!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!sun.sirius.com!usenet From: "Peter Seibel" <seibel@sirius.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Need one bit of clarification on FreeBSD installation. Date: 29 Nov 1995 22:52:16 -0800 Organization: Self Lines: 22 Sender: seibel@lily.sirius.com Message-ID: <m2n39efvbz.fsf@lily.sirius.com> Reply-To: seibel@sirius.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp044-sf1.sirius.com Full-Name: Peter Seibel X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.12 I have read the FreeBSD Handbook's section on installing FreeBSD various ways. My question is this: If I get a new computer with a nice big empty hard drive -- i.e. no OS -- can I install FreeBSD in the following manner: 1. Make a boot floppy at home on my Linux box which is connected to the net. 2. Connect the computer via the ethernet card to the office ethernet which is connected to the net. 3. Boot the new, OS-less computer from the floppy. 4. Complete the installation via FTP. Basically I don't want to have to FTP a bunch of stuff on to my Linux box and then put it on floppies to transfer to the BSD box. But I'm also hoping I can save money by not buying a CD-ROM drive I don't otherwise need just to install the system from it. -- Peter Seibel seibel@mojones.com Writer/Perl Hacker 510-482-9105