Floppies for ALPHA

[Bernd Walter]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 01:33:32PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2003-Jul-30 22:11:09 +0200, Wilko Bulte <wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> [dd the install image onto a HDD]
> >Well, I have done something like this once by pulling a StorageWorks
> >SBB disk from a machine where I dd-ed an OS ontop of it and then put
> >that disk in another machine to boot it.
> 
> I also had to do it to bootstrap my Multia - no floppy drive or CD-ROM
> and the FreeBSD netboot is incompatible with the Multia SRM.

Must be multia specific - I netbooted a NoName.

> It's a nuisance unless you have removable media and a running system
> where you can attach the media but it is doable.

IIRC have multias pcmcia slots.
Can they boot from flash media?
My IBM notebook supports this - and via adapter even from CF.

> It's still easier than installing a Sun3 from tape.

My first FreeBSD installation was done from tape.
Unfortunately PC need another media to boot from :(

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