Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 14:13:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Barney Wolff <barney@pit.databus.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Support Message-ID: <20030504140858.H30571@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <20030504044927.GA13584@pit.databus.com> References: <20030504020700.B3CCA37B401@hub.freebsd.org> <20030504040804.GA19654@wjv.com> <20030504044927.GA13584@pit.databus.com>
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On Sun, 4 May 2003, Barney Wolff wrote: > Question for the sysinstall gurus: Is there any necessary relation > between the kernel version that is booted from the floppy and the > system version that is being installed? That is, could one boot > a 5.0-R floppy and then tell sysinstall to install a snapshot? It > would make the whole problem moot, if so. I've used the 4.4-R floppy set to install a number of different versions of FreeBSD, including 5.0-R and snaps. You can also boot from an older release's CD and install the latest release. > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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