From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 23 21:16:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE15116A41F; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:16:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (newtrinity.zeist.de [217.24.217.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA4F43D49; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:16:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: from newtrinity.zeist.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/ZEIST.DE) with ESMTP id j5NLGvfA029711; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:16:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius@newtrinity.zeist.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by newtrinity.zeist.de (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j5NLGpud029710; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:16:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius) Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:16:51 +0200 From: Marius Strobl To: "Brett D. Estrade" , Hiroki Sato Message-ID: <20050623231651.A29615@newtrinity.zeist.de> References: <1119526083.7606.11.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> <1119549678.29881.237027609@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20050623182244.GA48910@dragon.NUXI.org> <200506231437.51814.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <1119555190.15584.237034245@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1119555190.15584.237034245@webmail.messagingengine.com>; from estrabd@mailcan.com on Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:33:10PM -0500 X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter (version: 1.1.0-4; AVE: 6.31.0.7; VDF: 6.31.0.96; host: newtrinity.zeist.de) Cc: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Where are the Sparc64 Installation Boot Floppies? (was - Re: Installation on SUN U10 Continued) X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:17:00 -0000 On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:33:10PM -0500, Brett D. Estrade wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:37:50 -0400, "John Baldwin" > said: > > On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:22 pm, David O'Brien wrote: > > > [ please don't top post - it looses context ] > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:01:18PM -0500, Brett D. Estrade wrote: > > > > Do the installation boot floppy images for sparc64 exist as the > > > > documentation claims, or are they a myth? > > > > > > They do not exist. These document files are shared with other FreeBSD > > > architectures that do have boot floppies (i386 and alpha). > > > > You can bug bmah@ about making the references to floppies only show up in > > the > > i386 and alpha release notes. > > > > Would he also be able to note that you need to install through a serial > console? That and the floppies thing were the only 2 "gotchas" that > plagued me after I thought I had gone through the effort of informing > myself about FreeBSD on Sparc64....of course this still leaves Robert in > a lurch with his U10 dilemma :\ > Errata notes for 5.4 are in the works and 6.0 and probably 5.5 should work with the most common graphics chips, especially the onboard ones (see the creator(4) and machfb(4) man pages in -current). 6.1 probably will have some additional drivers for Sun graphics add-on cards. hrs, how is the errata comming along? Marius