Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:54:12 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Floppies for ALPHA Message-ID: <20030730185412.GA71527@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030730155414.GA99616@sunbay.com> References: <20030722081738.GB7811@sunbay.com> <20030729095436.GB7617@sunbay.com> <20030729173848.GE4940@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030729192343.GB66399@sunbay.com> <20030729195449.GA3614@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030729202150.GD66399@sunbay.com> <20030730014325.GA6459@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730045946.GA22205@sunbay.com> <20030730154052.GA55744@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030730155414.GA99616@sunbay.com>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 06:54:14PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 08:40:52AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 07:59:46AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: [.. bickering deleted ] > > you can't figure out the functionality I'm talking about please go find > > an old Sun3 or Sun4c machine and install SunOS. > > > I'm just trying to understand how a file system image can be > useful on Alpha. When I asked a similar question for sparc64, > the answer was: > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:57:58AM -0400, Jake Burkholder wrote: > > > > boot.flp is actually useful on sparc64 because you can dd it to a disk > > from solaris and then boot off it to install. I'm happy with having > > the option of not building it if it saves time but please make it an > > option. > > > > Jake > > Something along these lines for Alpha? Yes, exactly. > Even if it does work for Alpha too (please tell me how), the NetBSD does something like that. > miniboot.iso is still much more useful, as it allows one to install I like it better too. But some people argue that not having to write the ISO on CDR is a good thing(TM). W/ -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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