Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 14:17:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, "Thyer, Matthew" <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021105141730.D5968@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3DC77F65.727CCDA8@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:20:53AM -0800 References: <108E7D907871D6118B5000306E0189F85759A2@ednex504.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20021105002107.GA48239@dragon.nuxi.com> <20021105083559.B5083@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3DC77F65.727CCDA8@mindspring.com>
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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
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