From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 6 16:16:52 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 434D737B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta03.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 351E643E3B for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:16:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20021107001641.VSYH22360.mta03.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 11:16:41 +1100 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20021107111358.01d798d0@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:15:48 +1100 To: Fred Clift From: Rob B Subject: Re: 5.0 alpha install tests Cc: In-Reply-To: <20021106162512.C17080-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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 At 16:28 6/11/2002 -0700, Fred Clift sent this up the stick: >Week or two ago there was a request to try out -current on alphas to see >if the install would work. > >I now have removeable disk-carriers in my alpha and would be in a position >to try this -- can anyone outline the steps I'd take? I need to try a >remote-ftp install? I download iso images and burn them? I've just finished installing 5.0DP-1 on a PC64 (Cabriolet) I did an FTP install from the DP-1 CD across the local network. The APECS chipset in my Alpha is not recognised by FreeBSD. cheers, Rob -- "To you, I'm an atheist; to God, I am the Loyal Opposition." - Woody Allen This is random quote 90 of a collection of 1254 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message