From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 5 5:17:39 2002 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 8C41137B401 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 05:17:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8206343E3B for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 05:17:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA5DHWHX006120; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:17:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA5DHUod006119; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:17:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:17:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Terry Lambert Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, "Thyer, Matthew" Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021105141730.D5968@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <108E7D907871D6118B5000306E0189F85759A2@ednex504.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20021105002107.GA48239@dragon.nuxi.com> <20021105083559.B5083@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3DC77F65.727CCDA8@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3DC77F65.727CCDA8@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:20:53AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:20:53AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > Or alternatively: get over it. DEC never intended to install any OS on an > > Alpha from floppy. In the dim dark past of Alpha a decision was made > > to use CDROMs for that. > > > > As long as a miniiso (or maybe a microiso if you wanted to optimise it > > further) is available why bother with floppies? > > Yet... my DEC labelled Alpha box has a floppy drive, but doesn't > have a CDROM drive, unless I hook my own to the SCSI connector... Get a $2 RRD42 from the nearest yard sale. Or hook it up. Too much asked? Tough.. > And all the Linux Alpha distributions I have have a boot floppy, I can't care at all about Linux.. > and all of the SRM updates I have are on floppy. SRM != an OS. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message