From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 02:31:06 2004 Return-Path: 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 C9E1416A4DA; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:31:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from smta10.mail.ozemail.net (smta10.mail.ozemail.net [203.103.165.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEDAE43D2F; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:31:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from cartman.ozemail.com.au ([203.61.128.137]) by smta10.mail.ozemail.net with ESMTP <20040224102832.ESCN24982.smta10.mail.ozemail.net@cartman.ozemail.com.au>; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:28:32 +0000 Message-Id: <6.0.3.0.2.20040224212826.023b17a0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: pop.ozemail.com.au/110/robbyrnes@127.0.0.1 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.3.0 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:31:02 +1100 To: Wilko Bulte , John Baldwin From: Rob B In-Reply-To: <20040204185229.GA66272@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200402041106.28569.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040204185229.GA66272@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch for floppies X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:31:07 -0000 At 05:52 AM 5/02/2004, Wilko Bulte wrote: >On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:06:28AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > Ok, since the cross-built floppies don't work for whatever reason, > someone is > > going to need to build a native alpha release and then post those floppies > > for testing (or test them themselves). I currently don't have an alpha > setup > > such that I can do this, so I'm posting the patch to do so. It's quite > > simple and is at http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/alpha.floppies.patch > >I will have a go at it. Be patient.. Wilko, Did the patch apply successfully? I'm keen to know because my old PC 64 can't boot from it's CD-ROM, only floppy. If you haven't had the time, could you give me a pointer on what to do after the patch is applied to build the floppies? Cheers, rob -- There is very little further to go with a girl who has brought you coffee. -John Updike This is random quote 1054 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5