Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:01:54 -0700 (MST) From: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net> To: <alpha@freebsd.org> Cc: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net> Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 Message-ID: <20021101155442.K7849-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> In-Reply-To: <20021101225222.GA12071@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 03:37:29PM -0700, Fred Clift wrote: > > 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? > > They already are. Seriously, unless you are prepared to do a > 'cd /usr/src/release ; make release', and hack on this; you shouldn't be > speaking up. I'm not unwilling -- just unfamiliar - if there is work I can do I'll seriously consider it. I'm really just trying to get yall to give me enough information so that I know wether or not I'm willing to do just that :) - I presume all of the easy stuff has been done already, and probably all the not-very-easy stuff. I'm just trying to get an idea of what is left, and how much time I'd be wasting^H^H^H^H^H^H commiting if I decided to work on this :). Since it appears that all the logical easy things have been done, I'll probably just agree with you and say "not worth the effort" - but I dont know if I have enough info to decide that yet.... I"m sorry if I've come across as confrontational - I am really just trying to find out more details. My 'contstructive' criticism of the color of the bikeshed should be ignored :). > > > > > > Are there other options? > > > Netbooting. > > > > So how does netbooting work on alphas? Is there somewhere I can go read > > about it? > > boot <network_device> > boot ewa0 While I can watch what happens via tcpdump and reverse engineer this, can you direct me to anywhere where I might find out the mechanics? (I've done similar things in the past to get freebsd boxes to work as pseudo-jumpstart servers for solaris boxes - not actually jumpstart, but our own custom install script) dhcp? rarp? bootp? tftp? nfs? 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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