From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 7 15:07:36 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FD241065672 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:07:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F4F8FC0C for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:07:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p5DCBDC73.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.220.115]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p77F7Xwl014336 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:07:34 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p77F8J2x073257 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 17:08:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p77F8EnP027260 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:08:19 GMT (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201108071508.p77F8EnP027260@fire.js.berklix.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Linux Unix Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:08:14 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: Subject: pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.2-RELEASE/floppies/ X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:07:36 -0000 Hi all, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-pre.html near end with red vertical bar ... Is Wrong, It says: Please note, as of FreeBSD 8.X, floppy disk images are no longer available. Please see above for instructions on how to install FreeBSD using a USB memory stick or just use a CDROM or a DVD. Not True. Just no i386 & amd64 etc, but this exists: /pub/FreeBSD/releases/pc98/8.2-RELEASE/floppies -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 661 Feb 18 05:43 CHECKSUM.MD5 -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1081 Feb 18 05:43 CHECKSUM.SHA256 -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 boot-small.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1474560 Feb 18 05:43 boot.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 fixit-small.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1474560 Feb 18 05:43 fixit.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 kern-small1.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 kern-small2.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 kern-small3.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1474560 Feb 18 05:43 kern1.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1474560 Feb 18 05:43 kern2.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 mfsroot-small1.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1228800 Feb 18 05:43 mfsroot-small2.flp -rw-r--r-- 1 1006 1006 1474560 Feb 18 05:43 mfsroot1.flp No /pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.2-RELEASE/floppies/ for an old machine With no USB boot, No CD (except maybe pcmcia cdrom & that too would need a floppy to start it, Even PL-IP would need a floppy to start with. I could do a manual move of all libs & bins, on to my 7.4, carefuly in the right order, then reboot, but even that wouldnt help someone else with a raw machine. But might be easier if I go the make release route & see what breaks on floppies - or overflows 2880 x 512K. It seems for pc98 someone did the extra work already splitting things smaller. Any plans for i386 ? PS Sure I have other better machines, but this spare old laptop makes a nice spare X screen to monitor other connected hardware with. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below, not above; Indent with "> "; Cumulative like a play script. Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.