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Subject: Re: boot floppy link
From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>
To: aknoland@mindspring.com
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On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 09:46, aknoland@mindspring.com wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> Maybe you are already aware but the links in the install doc for boot
> floppies only cover i386 floppies. A link is also needed for the alpha
> floppies:
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.6-RELEASE/floppies/
> It took a while before I realized I needed to find the boot floppies for
> alpha (new alpha user). The combined i386/alpha install doc is nice but
> this omission can/will be confusing. If you are already aware of this I
> do apologize.

Here's a patch that resolves this issue.  I'm not completely satisfied
with it, but I can't think up anything better.  I'm submitting it
because it's better than the current situation. 

Josh 

--- install-pre.html.old        Sun Aug 18 08:40:16 2002 
+++ install-pre.html    Sun Aug 18 09:00:52 2002 
@@ -563,8 +563,16 @@ 
               <p>The boot discs are available on your installation 
               media in the floppies directory, and can also be 
               downloaded from the <a href= 
-             
"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.6.2-RELEASE/fl       
oppies/" 
-               target="_top">floppies directory</a>.</p> 
+ 
+"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.6.2-RELEASE/floppies/" 
+              target="_top">floppies directory</a> for i386
architecture, 
+              or from the <a href= 
+ 
+"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.6.2-RELEASE/floppies/" 
+              target="_top">floppies directory</a> for the alpha
architecture. 
+              </p> 
+             <p><b>Note:</b> Be sure to get the floppies that
correspond to the       

+             version of FreeBSD you are installing.</p> 

               <p>The floppy images have a <tt class= 
               "FILENAME">.flp</tt> extension. The <tt class= 



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