Re: Install Free BSD without floppy, without bootable CD-ROM-drive, without boot from LAN etc.

albi_at_scii.nl
Date: 02/25/05

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    On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:50:47 +0300
    àÒÉÊ <YGB@mail.ru> wrote:

    > Hardvare configuration:
    > Compaq 5280
    > Intel Pentium 120MHz
    > 80Mb RAM
    > 4,3 Gb HDD Hitachi
    > CD-ROM -8x Panasonic (I CAN NOT boot from it)
    >
    > NO able boot from LAN, NO FDD,
    > 2,5" HDD - I can't connect this HDD to desktop and install FreeBSD on
    > it.

    there are a few more options :

    - use a laptop-hdd-2-IDE converter (i have one and it works well!)

    - ask a friend with a laptop which has a cdrom, and put your hdd in that
      laptop during install and after install put it back in your laptop

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