Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:57:44 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: setantae@submonkey.net, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can you install from tape or can't you ? Message-ID: <20020410215744.1dc9e5ec.darklogik@pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20020411111008.E54120@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20020410210040.GA73523@submonkey.net> <20020411111008.E54120@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:10:08 +0930
"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 10 April 2002 at 22:00:40 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >
> > On www.FreeBSD.org, right on the front page, we're telling the world
> > that you can install FreeBSD from tape.
> >
> > In the FAQ, we're saying that you can, but you might have problems
> > installing 2.1.7.
> >
> > So a few questions :
> >
> > 1) Can you install from tape ?
> >
> > 2) If you can, is the advice in FAQ 3.17 valid for all releases, or
> > just for 2.1.7 ?
> >
> > 3) If it's just 2.1.7, is it time to nix that FAQ yet ?
>
> I've decided that it probably doesn't work. I'm pretty sure that
> nobody has tried in a long time. The safest thing to do would
> obviously be to try it and either succeed or know that the failure was
> due to the fact that it's no longer functional. The second safest
> thing to do would be to say that it's no longer "supported". I've
> taken the corresponding info out of "The Complete FreeBSD".
>
> Greg
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To throw my thoughts in, I don't think, with the computer systems around
today, that many people will ever try. If so, i'm sure someone
would have either reported failure or success...
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