From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 6 4: 0: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAC5F37B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 04:00:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B765243E7B for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 04:00:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA6C02HX011841; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:00:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA6C0249011840; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:00:02 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:00:02 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Terry Lambert Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021106130002.B11806@freebie.xs4all.nl> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3DC9022E.6535EBBF@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:51:10AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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