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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:58:46 -0600
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Subject: Floppies for ALPHA [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.alpha
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Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:15:25PM -0700, Bernd Walter wrote:
> 
>>ticso       2003/07/21 12:15:25 PDT
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    sys/conf             files.alpha 
>>    sys/alpha/conf       GENERIC NOTES 
>>  Log:
>>  Enable eisa support on alpha.
>>  We need eisa bridge support on some models, which now depends on having
>>  eisa in the kernel.
> 
> 
> Without having checked: what about the bootfloppy?
> 

This is a loosing fight.  While there is still some value in having
floppies for x86, is there really any value in them for Alpha?  My
understanding is that CD-ROMs have been standard on all Alphas for
the past 5-10 years.  Netbooting is an easy alternative for those
without CDs or bandwidth.  We do not do floppies for sparc64 and ia64,
and I would hope/expect that we don't do them for amd64.  I think it's
time to cut them out of Alpha.

Scott