Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:00:02 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021106130002.B11806@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3DC9022E.6535EBBF@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:51:10AM -0800 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> <20021106112120.A11476@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3DC9022E.6535EBBF@mindspring.com>
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On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:51:10AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:09:34AM -0800, 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? When was the last time you > > > installed FreeBSD on that box? > > > > Lemme guess... Multia? > > Yes, Multia. > > I guess the answer to this problem can be the same as the answer to Not what I said, just confirms why you need to have an external CD. > several other recent problems, and you can declare the hardware > unsupported... not my first choice, of course. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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