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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!slugvine.demon.co.uk!jas From: jas@slugvine.demon.co.uk (John Stark) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can freeBSD be installed on a ez135 Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:48:23 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 12 Message-ID: <Dqzw4o.6By@slugvine.demon.co.uk> References: <318ba121.1466232@news> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: slugvine.demon.co.uk In article <318ba121.1466232@news>, Monica Gartman <mgartman@wolfenet.com> wrote: >I would like to try free bsd with Xwindows but can not risk messing up >my hard drive . I think you're out of luck. I tried creating a standalone FreeBSD installation on an EZ135 cartridge, but once I had done so I couldn't find a way of booting it (using a boot floppy). The boot code apparently needs a drive that can be accessed by the BIOS. -- John Stark (at home) | Cambridge, England jas@slugvine.demon.co.uk | Tel. Cambridge (01223) 573555