Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:51:52 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> 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: <19990513095152.A89091@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199905130008.RAA02365@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, May 12, 1999 at 05:08:43PM -0700 References: <19990513093631.Y89091@freebie.lemis.com> <199905130008.RAA02365@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wednesday, 12 May 1999 at 17:08:43 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> 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. You have told me that. Jordan has told me they're on the Toolkit CD-ROM, and I see a reply saying they're on the Alpha Install CD-ROM. INSTALL says they're on the CD-ROM. Don't you think there's potential for misunderstanding here? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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