Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:01:30 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: Craig Carey <snowfall@gmx.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice on 2.88MB FDDs; can't e-mail Message-ID: <20030409060130.GA52774@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030409035849.01ea3210@pop.qsi.net.nz> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030409035849.01ea3210@pop.qsi.net.nz>
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--TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline If memory serves me right, Craig Carey wrote: > I recommend that the "boot.flp" file be deleted. Thanks. Otherwise > it provides a hope that it is possible to install FreeBSD > successfully (at least once some ancient, or commonplace) piece of > hardware is obtained. I don't think that 2.88MB floppy disks were ever common, and I don't think there was ever the implication that you needed one to install FreeBSD. I'm not sure if I really understand your point. As for getting rid of boot.flp: For 4.X, we need boot.flp as a part of the release process because the data in this file is needed for a bootable CD-ROM (on the i386 anyways, don't know about alpha). Basically, the computer thinks that it's booting a 2.88MB floppy disk. For FreeBSD 5.X, we do "no-emulation" bootable CD-ROMs. They boot a full generic kernel from the CD-ROM, and the bootstrap loader pulls in a filesystem image containing the installation program and supporting utilities. Technically, I suppose that boot.flp isn't needed in this scenario, but it's not hurting anything. We're not losing that much disk space by including it. Bruce. --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+k7c62MoxcVugUsMRAqZPAKClGaDTjNpyTET0dNikZoB5NByhKACfRYwF jyLvl55l55bRbKeJDKBaVc0= =U3Iw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/--
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