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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!agate!nemesis.its.berkeley.edu!bob From: bob@nemesis.its.berkeley.edu (bob prohaska) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Possible to boot from HD _before_ ftp install? Date: 17 Jun 1996 01:21:01 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4q2btt$bro@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nemesis.its.berkeley.edu Summary: Would like to verify HD will boot before trying to ftp distribution Keywords: boot ftp hd X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi all, In the old days 386bsd and FreeBSD installed in two steps, the first being the creation of a bootable root filesystem on the hard disk. Is there some way to re-create that mode of installation? I'm fighting with network problems, and it would be very convenient to _not_ go through the floppy boot procedure everytime I want to change a jumper on my network card. thanks for reading! bob