Floppy Based Install
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Hi,
I am new to FreeBSD/unix flavour n i hv problem getting pfsense installed on a Pentium classic system that can't boot off cd.
I did a google n it only reveals how to install FreeBSD with floppy. i downloaded n created BOOT, KERN1 and KERN2 boot floppies for FreeBSD 6.1-release. However, i m not able to install from the setup menu of the FreeBSD boot.Mind to share how to install on a machine that dont hv cd/usb-boot as an option?
thanks!
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Try http://pfsense.com/bootdisks/ .
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i got an SBMK Bad! message.
tried reformatting hdd, reboot n still same. -
Sorry to say but you most likely will need a working CD-Rom for installation.
Take the hard drive out of the firewall machine and stick it into a machine with a CD-Rom. Install, then move the hard drive back to the machine without a CD-Rom.
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sorry, i think i made u confused.
my to-be firewall spec, experiment junk pc..
pentium 100mhz, 40mb ram, 13gb hdd n a creative old 52x cdrom.the thing is, i can boot with cdrom support from a win98 boot disk. however, i m unable to do so with the bootdisk provided from pfsense website.
my work flow is as of below:
1. download & created the boot disk from pfsense with rawrite.exe
2. boot up from floppy with only the floppy. i hvnt put in the pfsense live cd.
3. boot up gave a SBMK Bad! error after the inital hardware listing.thanks!
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pfSense requires 128 megabytes of ram. It's not going to work with 40. :/
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oops!
thanks for pointing that out…
guess, hv to give up on this machine. :-[