Re: installing from floppy

["George Georgalis" <george@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 01:21:15AM +0100, Jonas Sundstr?m wrote:
>The handbook doesn't speak much of install methods other than 
>"Installation from CD" (chapter 2). 
>
>For hardware that doesn't do PXE by itself, a grub floppy lets you boot 
>off a tftp-serving dfly system, like the upcoming pxe-savvy installer 
>CD.
>
>Rahul's DIY link: 
>http://www.openbg.net/sto/os/xml/netboot.html
>mentioned here:
>http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2004-01/msg00272.html
>
>Another resource -- the online boot-disk creator: 
>http://i30www.ira.uka.de/~ud3/mkgrubdisk/
>
>I think this fits best in chapter 2, though it's also relevant to 19.7 
>"Diskless Operation".
>
>There's also 12-3. "A Script for Creating a Bootable Floppy":
>http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~justin/handbook/backup-basics.html#AEN14601
>While it probably works for anyone with experience, it's just a rescue 
>disk (as advertised) and not an installer.
>
>Perhaps it's best to wait for the pxe-serving Installer before updating 
>the Handbook.
>
>(Feedback? Thumbs up/down?)
>
>/Jonas Sundstr?m.                 www.kirilla.com

Hi Jonas,

May I recommend adding to the DragonFly BSD Wikipedia entry until
such a time that someone can revise the sources?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonflybsd
There's a link section at the bottom.

If you've not seen it it's pretty good, with kudos from Matt and
Justin.

// George




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