Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:08:14 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.2-RELEASE/floppies/ Message-ID: <201108071508.p77F8EnP027260@fire.js.berklix.net>
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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.
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