Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:59:53 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: marius@alchemy.franken.de Cc: hrs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Where are the Sparc64 Installation Boot Floppies? Message-ID: <20050624.175953.35008035.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050623231651.A29615@newtrinity.zeist.de> References: <200506231437.51814.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <1119555190.15584.237034245@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20050623231651.A29615@newtrinity.zeist.de>
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----Security_Multipart(Fri_Jun_24_17_59_53_2005_057)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> wrote in <20050623231651.A29615@newtrinity.zeist.de>: ma> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:33:10PM -0500, Brett D. Estrade wrote: ma> > ma> > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:37:50 -0400, "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.org> ma> > said: ma> > > On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:22 pm, David O'Brien wrote: ma> > > > [ please don't top post - it looses context ] ma> > > > ma> > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:01:18PM -0500, Brett D. Estrade wrote: ma> > > > > Do the installation boot floppy images for sparc64 exist as the ma> > > > > documentation claims, or are they a myth? ma> > > > ma> > > > They do not exist. These document files are shared with other FreeBSD ma> > > > architectures that do have boot floppies (i386 and alpha). ma> > > ma> > > You can bug bmah@ about making the references to floppies only show up in ma> > > the ma> > > i386 and alpha release notes. ma> > > ma> > ma> > Would he also be able to note that you need to install through a serial ma> > console? That and the floppies thing were the only 2 "gotchas" that ma> > plagued me after I thought I had gone through the effort of informing ma> > myself about FreeBSD on Sparc64....of course this still leaves Robert in ma> > a lurch with his U10 dilemma :\ ma> > ma> ma> Errata notes for 5.4 are in the works and 6.0 and probably 5.5 should ma> work with the most common graphics chips, especially the onboard ones ma> (see the creator(4) and machfb(4) man pages in -current). 6.1 probably ma> will have some additional drivers for Sun graphics add-on cards. ma> ma> hrs, how is the errata comming along? Sorry for the delay, but I committed the entry just now. It is a bit lengthy as you pointed out but the 5.4R release notes cannot be modified after the actual release, so I decided to add all of the necessary information to the 5.4R errata document. If you found something wrong please let me know. Thanks. -- | Hiroki SATO ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Jun_24_17_59_53_2005_057)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCu8uLTyzT2CeTzy0RAhQfAKCy7yDGdavL6dfYms77jmbwHlHR8gCgvXI7 StRt5xA62a28UPSgLj52sa8= =KreD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Fri_Jun_24_17_59_53_2005_057)----
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