Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:37:29 -0700 (MST) From: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net>, <alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 Message-ID: <20021101151718.U7968-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> In-Reply-To: <15810.64745.425793.33748@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > One cannot make an alpha kernel fit on a floppy alongside the loader > unless one removes nearly all drivers (including disk drivers), NFS, > IPV6, etc,etc. I'm probably mistaken, but dont most people not use IPV6 or NFS for booting? I can see how the disk drivers would be necessary :). I'm doing my own empirical tests with a somewhat purged GENERIC kernel right now - dont get me wrong -- I believe that it's hard, but well, shrug. So are there other options for building the floppy? like I see all the 'platform' options e.g. options DEC_ST550 # Personal Workstation 433, 500, 600 Does this platform code take up a lot of space? 10 or 12 different floppy images could be made, each with support for only one platform for intace... I'm not totally familiar with the boot-system and how install floppies are put together, but could many of the drivers be loaded as modules from another floppy? On the other hand, I'm not _that_ attached to floppy boots -- I can live without them, but it will be a hassle for me upon next install -- I have neither floppy nor CD rom right now... > > > > Are there other options? > Netbooting. So how does netbooting work on alphas? Is there somewhere I can go read about it? Fred -- Fred Clift - fclift@verio.net -- Remember: If brute force doesn't work, you're just not using enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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