Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 23:02:10 -0800 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>, Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 20884 for review Message-ID: <200211090702.gA972ACj025344@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <20021108162854.A26076@hub.freebsd.org> References: <200211082352.gA8NqmfM092986@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021108162854.A26076@hub.freebsd.org>
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--==_Exmh_452389516P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, "David O'Brien" wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:52:48PM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > + <para>Installations from boot floppies are no longer supported on > > + the alpha platform. The combination of the boot loader and a > > + (highly stripped-down) kernel is too large to fit on a > > + 1.44 MB floppy disk. Some work in this area is ongoing; > > + this feature <emphasis>may</emphasis> return before &os; > > + &release.next;.</para> > > Perhaps mention that one can 'dd' a relatively small install image on an > HD to make up for the desupport of floppy installs? Sounds good. Do we have a procedure for making up such an image? I'm kind of clueless on this... Bruce. --==_Exmh_452389516P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9zLLy2MoxcVugUsMRAvfuAJ4xwDNuHjY2+4K479kgGMXE/Im1VACgyb05 8mLIgMcTDEkDvvKdXdf1nKY= =BsKQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_452389516P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe p4-releng" in the body of the message
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