From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Apr 26 10:34:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5358437BC27 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:34:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 99c8f334c649856e3f2cdadc4054e412) with ESMTP id <20000426173445.DPSV10828.relay01@chello.nl>; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:34:45 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01412; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:34:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:34:34 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Peter Jeremy Cc: User Raymond , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Silly question on FreeBSD V4.0 Dist Message-ID: <20000426193433.I1021@yedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <200004260331.NAA21450@gw.one.com.au> <00Apr26.134634est.115226@border.alcanet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00Apr26.134634est.115226@border.alcanet.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 01:46:32PM +1000 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 01:46:32PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2000-Apr-26 13:32:29 +1000, User Raymond wrote: > >some one please tell me if the alpha distribution is > >included with the FreeBSD 4.0 2000 CD set? > > The standard CD-ROMs are for i386 only. > > >If this is correct, what's the best way to get an alpha > >distribution? > > - I think you can buy an Alpha CD-ROM distribution > - Download boot floppies and then do an FTP install from > ftp://ftp.au.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/4.0-RELEASE-alpha/ > (or other suitable mirror - note that the directory structure is > different on ftp.freebsd.org). > - Download the CD-ROM image from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/ISO-IMAGES/ > - Do a sysinstall from the 3.2 CD-ROM (which had a bootable Alpha > distribution on disk2), extract 4.0 sources and make world. Are you sure 3.2 was bootable on Alpha? I'm pretty sure O'brien added support for bootable CDs on 4.0R. Booting the 4.0R cd works like a charm. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message