Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:59:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45607 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms Message-ID: <201409142059.s8EKxXPF027722@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gavin Date: Sun Sep 14 20:59:32 2014 New Revision: 45607 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45607 Log: Update and clarify information about pc98's tier demotion. Submitted by: imp Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml Sun Sep 14 18:19:35 2014 (r45606) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml Sun Sep 14 20:59:32 2014 (r45607) @@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ <p>&os;/&arch.pc98; is a <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html"> - Tier 2</a> architecture at the time of 9.0-RELEASE. Although - this was a Tier 1 for a long time since 5.0-RELEASE, it was + Tier 2</a> architecture at the time of 9.0-RELEASE.</p> + + <p>Although + FreeBSD/pc98 was a Tier 1 for a long time since 5.0-RELEASE, it was downgraded due to FreeBSD no longer supporting installation from - floppy disks, and pc98 machines not supporting booting from CD/DVD.</p> + floppy disks, and most pc98 machines cannot boot from CD/DVD. + Although later pc98 machines can boot from CDROM, FreeBSD's support + for that has not been integrated into bsdinstall and release tools.</p> <h3>&os;/&arch.pc98; Hardware Notes</h3>
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