From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 7 6:33:40 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 E215537B4E9 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 06:33:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail14.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A2443E42 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 06:33:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 27924 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2002 14:33:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail14.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Nov 2002 14:33:32 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (laptop.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.4]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA7EXTn5056079; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:33:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021106162512.C17080-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:33:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Fred Clift Subject: RE: 5.0 alpha install tests Cc: freebsd-alpha@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 06-Nov-2002 Fred Clift wrote: > > 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? It doesn't quite work yet. I'll commit the needed patches to libdisk just as soon as my test install finishes in about 10 minutes or so. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message