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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Possible to boot from HD _before_ ftp install?
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 20:12:48 -0700
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bob prohaska wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

You shouldn't have to. When the boot: prompt appears, type "-c" (no 
quotes), and then type v or visual at the config> prompt. You can now 
edit the port and IRQ of your net card (edo, ix0, or whatever). Such 
changes are saved in the kernel and don't need to be repeated when 
booting from HD.

If you're running from a diskless workstation, try this: boot up *before* 
changing your card settings, and make the changes-to-be on the system. 
Then disconnect, shut down, and change your card. I would expect this to 
work unless there's something very strange about a diskless setup.

One question: why change your card settings if everything is working 
right already???

Ken