Floppies for ALPHA

[Wilko Bulte]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:31:55AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> 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.

SRM issue on Multia. See ftp://ftp.tcja.nl/pub/wilko for the latest SRM
that does netboot Multia.

> IIRC have multias pcmcia slots.

They do.

> Can they boot from flash media?

Not that I know.

> > It's still easier than installing a Sun3 from tape.
> 
> My first FreeBSD installation was done from tape.

You're newbie.. I booted my 386BSD0.1 from a huge floppyset,
which I obtained via ftpmail.dec.com in 2-zillion seperate
emails (I did not have IP connectivity in those days, only UUCP email at
work ;-)

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