From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 20:33:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E9E37B401; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail3.alcanet.com.au [208.178.117.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76BA943F85; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:33:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])h6V3XYvU002227; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:34 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.20.247]) by sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.12) with ESMTP id 2003073113333433:7581 ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:34 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6V3XX7d009763; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:33 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h6V3XWld009762; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:33:32 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Wilko Bulte Message-ID: <20030731033332.GN430@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Wilko Bulte , ticso@cicely.de, alpha@freebsd.org, Scott Long , Ruslan Ermilov , Poul-Henning Kamp References: <20030729202150.GD66399@sunbay.com> <20030730014325.GA6459@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730045946.GA22205@sunbay.com> <20030730154052.GA55744@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730155414.GA99616@sunbay.com> <20030730185412.GA71527@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730190730.GP42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730191738.GC71737@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030730194829.GQ42805@cicely12.cicely.de> <20030730201109.GA72260@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030730201109.GA72260@freebie.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 31/07/2003 01:33:34 PM,|February 13, 2003) at 31/07/2003 01:33:35 PM, Serialize complete at 31/07/2003 01:33:35 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline cc: Ruslan Ermilov cc: Scott Long cc: alpha@freebsd.org cc: ticso@cicely.de cc: Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: Floppies for ALPHA X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 03:33:55 -0000 On 2003-Jul-30 22:11:09 +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: [dd the install image onto a HDD] >Well, I have done something like this once by pulling a StorageWorks >SBB disk from a machine where I dd-ed an OS ontop of it and then put >that disk in another machine to boot it. I also had to do it to bootstrap my Multia - no floppy drive or CD-ROM and the FreeBSD netboot is incompatible with the Multia SRM. It's a nuisance unless you have removable media and a running system where you can attach the media but it is doable. It's still easier than installing a Sun3 from tape. Peter