Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:08:43 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/texts/alpha INSTALL.TXT Message-ID: <199905130008.RAA02365@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 May 1999 09:36:31 %2B0930." <19990513093631.Y89091@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Wednesday, 12 May 1999 at 1:17:06 -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > jkh 1999/05/12 01:17:06 PDT > > > > Added files: > > release/texts/alpha INSTALL.TXT > > Log: > > A special installation guide for the Alpha. Thanks, Doug! This is good! > > I still don't understand this: > > The easiest type of installation is from CD. If you have a > supported CDROM drive and a FreeBSD installation CD from Walnut > Creek CDROM, you can start the installation by building a set of > FreeBSD boot floppy from the files floppies/kern.flp and > floppies/mfsroot.flp using the instructions found in > floppies/README.TXT. > > Is this a different installation CD? If so, you should say so. > Otherwise you'll have people trying to boot from the i386 CD, > especially since WC don't seem to offer an Alpha CD. > > This is a serious problem for me. I'm trying to get something about > Alpha into "The Complete FreeBSD", and I still don't know what to tell > them. Like we keep telling you, the Alpha install bits are ON THE SECOND CDROM. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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