Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 03:45:16 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <3DC900CC.B88AF50B@mindspring.com> References: <108E7D907871D6118B5000306E0189F85759A2@ednex504.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20021105002107.GA48239@dragon.nuxi.com> <20021105083559.B5083@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3DC77F65.727CCDA8@mindspring.com> <20021106080934.GA97235@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:20:53AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Yet... my DEC labelled Alpha box has a floppy drive, but doesn't > > have a CDROM drive, unless I hook my own to the SCSI connector... > > When was the last time you booted that box? One week ago. > When was the last time you installed FreeBSD on that box? Mostly, I run NetBSD on the box. When I run FreeBSD, I run it on a removable SyJet drive cartridge on the onboard SCSI. I've kept the FreeBSD upgradedm whenever -current was stable, which was rarely, until more recently. The FreeBSD that's on it was installed via a floppy. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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