dnl $FabBSD: xfer,v 1.28 2007/08/02 17:33:12 david Exp $ dnl $OpenBSD: xfer,v 1.28 2007/08/02 17:33:12 david Exp $ Installation is supported from several media types, including: CD-ROM FFS partitions (for upgrades only) DOS (FAT) partitions (for upgrades only) EXT2 partitions (for upgrades only) Tape dnl Remote NFS partition FTP HTTP If you can't (or don't want to) boot off a CD-ROM, you can use a floppy disk (1.44MB required). Failing that, if your computer supports PXE, you can prepare a server to start the install across the network, but you will still need the install sets available on one of the above media types. FabBSDXferFloppyFromDOS FabBSDXferFloppyFromUNIX Creating a PXE network bootable setup using FabBSD or other Un*x-like system: In order to start the install via PXE, you will need to set up a DHCP server and a TFTP server. The details of how to do this vary considerably, depending on the network's host. You should refer to the relevant man pages or administrator's guide for the host system. The DHCP server should return "pxeboot" to MACHINE clients as the network boot program. Both pxeboot and the bsd.rd install kernel should be copied to the TFTP server's root directory. FabBSDXferShortPrelude FabBSDXferBareTape() dnl FabBSDXferNFS dnl FabBSDXferFFS