From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 23:01:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DB937B401 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:01:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D439B43FB1 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:01:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmah@employees.org) Received: from bmah.dyndns.org (12-240-204-110.client.attbi.com[12.240.204.110]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52) with ESMTP id <20030409060131052003qhbse>; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 06:01:31 +0000 Received: from intruder.bmah.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bmah.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3961Vs0052913; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:01:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmah@intruder.bmah.org) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by intruder.bmah.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3961Uhp052912; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:01:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:01:30 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" To: Craig Carey Message-ID: <20030409060130.GA52774@intruder.bmah.org> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030409035849.01ea3210@pop.qsi.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030409035849.01ea3210@pop.qsi.net.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Image-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/Images/bmah-cisco-small.gif X-url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/ cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice on 2.88MB FDDs; can't e-mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 06:01:32 -0000 --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/--