Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:38:48 +0100 From: Jean-Mark Dupoux <jeanm@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> To: "FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: boot floppies Message-ID: <3811C877.CD82B14B@dupx.freeserve.co.uk>
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This may just be an oversight in the content of the manual, but there seems to be some ambiguity about installation from floppy disk / booting from floppy at install time from other media. 1. since release 2.2, booting at install time has not been possible from 1.2mb, (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/2.2R/install-media.html) but, 2. in the current installation instructions, as per http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/x778.html it is stated that 1.4mb or 1.2 mb floppies can be used to store and load the .bin files (although other methods are clearly preferable if available). This seems a little, although logically not impossible, since kern.flp and mfsroot.flp may still be required on 1.44mb disks, even if the .bin files are on 1.2mb disks. I cannot help but wonder if this is really what is meant. Also, since support for 1.2mb booting appears to have been dropped with release 2.2 primarily because of space limitations on a single 1.2 mb disk, but now release 3.3 requires more than a single 1.44mb disks in any case, is it feasible those contents could now be spanned over more 1.2mb disks ? is it merely a matter of decompressing the files and re-copying, or are there other over-riding technical considerations (apart from negative vibes of what is basically a regressive technological step)? Jean-Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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