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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2000 21:17:31 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        obrien@NUXI.com, alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.1-20000719-RC#2
Message-ID:  <20000721211731.A20967@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <14712.39534.122473.899129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 02:57:03PM -0400
References:  <20000721015019.A73074@dragon.nuxi.com> <14712.39534.122473.899129@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 02:57:03PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

> David O'Brien writes:
>  > An 4.1-20000719-RC#2 ISO is now available at
>  > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-20000719-RC
>  > 
>  > It was built using `mkisofs' on the Alpha *AND* /boot/cdboot from
>  > 4.0-RELEASE.  At this time, I have not tracked down what broke
>  > /boot/cdboot.
>  > 
>  > The FTP install will be in place at
>  > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/alpha/4.1-20000719-RC in
>  > several hours -- the upload is going now.
> 
> The ISO appears to boot, at least on an AS500 5/266.  Cool!

Yes it does. It uses the 4.0R cdboot ;-) Tested it here on a MiataGL
with success.

> One install nit.  This box has a TGA card in it.  When I use a
> graphics console, it says: "/stand/sysinstall running as init on
> serial console"   However, its not running on the serial console.
> In fact, I/O to sysinstall seems to be going into the bitbucket.
> 
> All is fine if I set the console to serial prior to the install.
> Is this behaviour documented?

TGA cards/consoles are flagged as unsupported, but that is it.

Anything specific you want me to put in RELNOTES and/or HW.TXT ?

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Wilko Bulte  	 			http://www.freebsd.org  
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