From owner-cvs-all Wed Sep 30 00:36:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA14834 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:36:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA14805; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:36:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA03760; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:43:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199809300743.RAA03760@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/alpha Makefile alpha.sgml bootstrapping.sgml current.sgml In-Reply-To: <199809300729.AAA03988@burka.rdy.com> from Dima Ruban at "Sep 30, 98 00:29:02 am" To: dima@best.net Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:43:32 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dima Ruban wrote: > > Delete obsolete information about bootstrapping FreeBSD/Alpha on > > NetBSD. We can't do that anymore. And before people scream... that's > > actually good because it means that FreeBSD/Alpha has become wholly > > FreeBSD. An achievement I think. > > Does that mean that in the nearest future we will have a fully functional > snapshot with installation floppies etc etc? :-) I'm not sure what other people think, but I think the time is right to provide a beta release of FreeBSD/Alpha with 3.0. There are still a few things hanging in the balance - like boot blocks and kld. Perhaps Mike Smith can comment on the state of those? -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137