Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:44:51 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> Cc: setantae@submonkey.net, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can you install from tape or can't you ? Message-ID: <20020411114451.I54120@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020410215744.1dc9e5ec.darklogik@pittgoth.com> References: <20020410210040.GA73523@submonkey.net> <20020411111008.E54120@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020410215744.1dc9e5ec.darklogik@pittgoth.com>
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On Wednesday, 10 April 2002 at 21:57:44 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:10:08 +0930 > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 10 April 2002 at 22:00:40 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: >>> >>> On www.FreeBSD.org, right on the front page, we're telling the world >>> that you can install FreeBSD from tape. >>> >>> In the FAQ, we're saying that you can, but you might have problems >>> installing 2.1.7. >>> >>> So a few questions : >>> >>> 1) Can you install from tape ? >>> >>> 2) If you can, is the advice in FAQ 3.17 valid for all releases, or >>> just for 2.1.7 ? >>> >>> 3) If it's just 2.1.7, is it time to nix that FAQ yet ? >> >> I've decided that it probably doesn't work. I'm pretty sure that >> nobody has tried in a long time. The safest thing to do would >> obviously be to try it and either succeed or know that the failure was >> due to the fact that it's no longer functional. The second safest >> thing to do would be to say that it's no longer "supported". I've >> taken the corresponding info out of "The Complete FreeBSD". > > To throw my thoughts in, I don't think, with the computer systems around > today, that many people will ever try. Agreed. > If so, i'm sure someone would have either reported failure or > success... No, people only report failure, and then only sometimes :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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