Because the machine has no CD drive. I use grub4dos to start bootonly:wblock@ said:bsdinstall(8), or maybe the install script running it, looks for an ISO label. But bootonly probably doesn't even look for that.
Since you already have the full disc1 ISO, why not just put that on a CD and boot from it?
title install FreeBSD 9.0
find --set-root /FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
map --mem /FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
boot
How to mount the FAT32 partition in bootonly?dave said:FreeBSD doesn't use drive letters such as D:. You need to mount the partition. Or, simply choose FTP and install via the Internet. That is how the bootonly disc is typically used.