From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Nov 23 7: 4:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from spammie.svbug.com (mg134-015.ricochet.net [204.179.134.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBFB37B4C5 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:04:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from spammie.svbug.com (localhost.mozie.org [127.0.0.1]) by spammie.svbug.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA02178; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:04:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jessem@spammie.svbug.com) Message-Id: <200011231504.HAA02178@spammie.svbug.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:04:03 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com Reply-To: opentrax@email.com Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... To: mbendiks@eunet.no Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 15 Nov, Marius Bendiksen wrote: >> Would anyone have a heart attack if we removed I386_CPU from GENERIC but >> did not remove the 386 code? > > Not really; a 386 will usually require custom installation options anyway. > However, I'd appreciate if an installation floppy with just 386/486 could > be shipped on the side, stripped of those things not needed for those > people. That would resolve the problem nicely. > I'm wondering about your "custom installation". How does that relate to the question? Also you're inferring some type of new system, could you be more explict on this? Jessem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message