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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.onenet.net!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!ncar!not-for-mail From: sitongia@hao.ucar.edu (Leonard Sitongia) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Floppyless install over Linksys ethernet PC Card? Date: 8 May 1997 21:46:55 GMT Organization: High Altitude Observatory Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5kthkf$rdg$1@ncar.ucar.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.117.16.116 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40598 I see that booting diskless is supported under FreeBSD. Is it possible to install over the network to a laptop that doesn't have a floppy drive? I'm talking about a Compaq Aero 4/33C. It's floppy disk is external and uses the one PC Card slot. It would be nice to install with the ethernet card (BTW, is it supported? It's NE2000-compatible) without using the floppy drive at all. That way I wouldn't need to have a DOS partition to install from. TIA! --Leonard --Leonard E. Sitongia Computer System Management Team (CSMT) sitongia@ncar.ucar.edu voice: (303)497-1509 fax: (303)497-1589 High Altitude Observatory P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307 USA