From owner-cvs-all Wed Sep 30 00:44:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA16465 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:44:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA16451; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:44:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/Spinner) with ESMTP id PAA10710; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 15:43:14 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199809300743.PAA10710@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John Birrell cc: dima@best.net, jb@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/alpha Makefile alpha.sgml bootstrapping.sgml current.sgml In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:43:32 +1000." <199809300743.RAA03760@cimlogic.com.au> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 15:43:13 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John Birrell wrote: > Dima Ruban wrote: > > > Delete obsolete information about bootstrapping FreeBSD/Alpha on > > > NetBSD. We can't do that anymore. And before people scream... that's > > > actually good because it means that FreeBSD/Alpha has become wholly > > > FreeBSD. An achievement I think. > > > > Does that mean that in the nearest future we will have a fully functional > > snapshot with installation floppies etc etc? :-) > > I'm not sure what other people think, but I think the time is right to > provide a beta release of FreeBSD/Alpha with 3.0. There are still a > few things hanging in the balance - like boot blocks and kld. Perhaps > Mike Smith can comment on the state of those? Going by what I've seen, the boot blocks look OK, but they don't (yet) preload kld modules - it just loads kernels at the moment. kld itself should work though. Cheers, -Peter