From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Aug 20 14:25:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wrs.com (unknown-1-11.windriver.com [147.11.1.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1268037B40E for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:25:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@[147.11.46.201]) by mail.wrs.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA11214; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:24:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20010820231058.A23315@freebie.xs4all.nl> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:24:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: my bootable CDs... Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org, Matthew Jacob 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 20-Aug-01 Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 01:35:05PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, David O'Brien wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 08:12:33AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: >> > > Try disk2.iso- that's what I booted. When it came time to install from >> > > cdrom >> > > media, I swapped media. Isn't this how it's supposed to work? There's no >> > > kernel on disk1! >> > >> > No. Disc #1 is all that is needed. >> >> No, currently Disc #2 is required as well. Move on. > > But has anybody any idea *why* #2 is now the working one? I agree that >#2 is better than none at all, but it sure as h* will cause problems for > those accustomed to single CD installs. Not to mention the documentation > of course. CD #1 needs to work. Installs should only need CD #1. Both CD's should be bootable, so you can boot off of disk 2 and go directly into fixit mode w/o having to swap CD's. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message