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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 09:44:04 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        grog@lemis.com, ks@hirvi.net, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing FreeBSD 3.1 on a Multia box
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905030941410.555-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905030845.SAA16165@cimlogic.com.au>

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On Mon, 3 May 1999, John Birrell wrote:

> Doug Rabson wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 May 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > > Where is there an alpha kernel on the 3.1 CDs?
> > 
> > Its the second CD I think.
> 
> Alpha really should have it's own set of CDs. Stuffing a few alpha
> bits in what are mostly i386 CDs continues to trip people up.
> 
> Installation floppies should be optional, with a bootable CD preferred,
> IMHO.

It would be really nice to have a bootable CD but I don't know exactly
what is required for the alpha (I don't have a CD writer either..).  I
think NetBSD can do this so it shouldn't be hard to track down what is
needed.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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