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Date:      Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:43:32 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        dima@best.net
Cc:        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
Message-ID:  <199809300743.RAA03760@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199809300729.AAA03988@burka.rdy.com> from Dima Ruban at "Sep 30, 98 00:29:02 am"

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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?

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137



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