From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 10 2: 6: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324BE37B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:06:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from seed.net.tw (sn13.seed.net.tw [139.175.54.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57ABD43F1E for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:05:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leafy@leafy.idv.tw) Received: from [211.74.18.38] (port=49189 helo=leafy.idv.tw) by seed.net.tw with esmtp (Seednet 4.10:4) id 18Ww30-0008gp-00 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:05:54 +0800 Received: from leafy.idv.tw (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leafy.idv.tw (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0AA5ruc010074 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:05:53 +0800 (CST) (envelope-from leafy@leafy.idv.tw) Received: (from leafy@localhost) by leafy.idv.tw (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0AA5rwE010073 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:05:53 +0800 (CST) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:05:53 +0800 From: leafy To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Troubles installing 5.0-RC2 on a Thinkpad560 Message-ID: <20030110100553.GA10024@leafy.idv.tw> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030109201251.R59276-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <3E1E9770.7030301@sics.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=big5 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3E1E9770.7030301@sics.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:50:40AM +0100, Karl-Petter Åkesson wrote: > Yes modified floppies would be great. > > I dont really get this. When I read the installation intructions I > understood it as that all hardware listed in HARDWARE.txt is supported > not only by FreeBSD by it self but also available on the floppies. But > this isnt the case or? > > /Kalle No exactly. As we are getting to support more and more hardware, 1 floppy cannot hold a full GENERIC kernel. So if you could, installing with a CDROM is preferred and then get things that does not quite work to work in the post-install stage. leafy -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message