Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 15:43:13 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: dima@best.net, 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.PAA10710@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:43:32 %2B1000." <199809300743.RAA03760@cimlogic.com.au>
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John Birrell wrote: > 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? Going by what I've seen, the boot blocks look OK, but they don't (yet) preload kld modules - it just loads kernels at the moment. kld itself should work though. Cheers, -Peter
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