Re: Floppies?

[Walter Venable <weaseal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sarunas V. wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:17:08 -0700, Chris Pressey wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > FTR, this may in fact work - I haven't tested it, which is why I
> > described it as being "unsupported".  :)
> >
> > But if you do try this, start dfuibe_installer like so instead:
> >
> > 	dfuibe_installer -o /cdrom/
> >
> > The "-o" argument tells it where to get the DragonFly files from.  When
> > booting off CD, this is normally "/", but in this case, "/" will be the
> > existing files on the hard drive...
> >
> > You may also have to adjust your PATH before starting dfuibe_installer
> > so that it picks up utility programs (like cpdup) from the CD-ROM
> > instead of the ones on the hard drive.
> >
> > -Chris
>
>
> Its not for me, I can boot live cd from a cd just fine. Its just me,
> trying to help few people, and help the project, so you guys wouldn't have
> to answer newbie-to-advanced questions, and get on with more important
> things.

Thanks to everyone who offered help.  In the end I just installed 
FreeBSD 4.x and upgraded, since there are floppies available for that. 
Working on a kernel build now.

Walter Venable