From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 6 5: 9: 2 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 BB4F937B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 05:09:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCFE43E42 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 05:09:00 -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 gA6D8wHX012057; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:08:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA6D8wr1012056; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:08:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:08:58 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Terry Lambert Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021106140858.A12033@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> <20021106130002.B11806@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3DC905DC.E57CF555@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: <3DC905DC.E57CF555@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 04:06:52AM -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 04:06:52AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > 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. > > It's a cheap way to keep my toes in the Alpha camp, without > committing to buying approximately retail-priced hardware (Fry's > was advertising a 1.8GHz Pentium box for $499 all last week). It > also explains why I haven't personally tried to deal with the 2G > limit issue, I think, unless you know how to wedge that much into > the tiny, tiny motherboard? ;-). I've had the thing for several 4x128MB is probably max. > more years than people have officially been working on FreeBSD-Alpha > (late 90's or so). Well.. I've had my hands on Alpha prototypes quite a bit too :) -- | / 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