Date: 18 Aug 2002 10:13:31 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: aknoland@mindspring.com Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: boot floppy link Message-ID: <1029665612.253.1.camel@markx.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <3D5F6CE9.7014F069@mindspring.com> References: <3D5F6CE9.7014F069@mindspring.com>
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On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 09:46, aknoland@mindspring.com wrote: > Hello, > > Maybe you are already aware but the links in the install doc for boot > floppies only cover i386 floppies. A link is also needed for the alpha > floppies: > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.6-RELEASE/floppies/ > It took a while before I realized I needed to find the boot floppies for > alpha (new alpha user). The combined i386/alpha install doc is nice but > this omission can/will be confusing. If you are already aware of this I > do apologize. Here's a patch that resolves this issue. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but I can't think up anything better. I'm submitting it because it's better than the current situation. Josh --- install-pre.html.old Sun Aug 18 08:40:16 2002 +++ install-pre.html Sun Aug 18 09:00:52 2002 @@ -563,8 +563,16 @@ <p>The boot discs are available on your installation media in the floppies directory, and can also be downloaded from the <a href= - "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.6.2-RELEASE/fl oppies/" - target="_top">floppies directory</a>.</p> + +"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.6.2-RELEASE/floppies/" + target="_top">floppies directory</a> for i386 architecture, + or from the <a href= + +"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.6.2-RELEASE/floppies/" + target="_top">floppies directory</a> for the alpha architecture. + </p> + <p><b>Note:</b> Be sure to get the floppies that correspond to the + version of FreeBSD you are installing.</p> <p>The floppy images have a <tt class= "FILENAME">.flp</tt> extension. The <tt class= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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