Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 16:28:54 -0800 From: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 20884 for review Message-ID: <20021108162854.A26076@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200211082352.gA8NqmfM092986@repoman.freebsd.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:52:48PM -0800 References: <200211082352.gA8NqmfM092986@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:52:48PM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > + <para>Installations from boot floppies are no longer supported on > + the alpha platform. The combination of the boot loader and a > + (highly stripped-down) kernel is too large to fit on a > + 1.44 MB floppy disk. Some work in this area is ongoing; > + this feature <emphasis>may</emphasis> return before &os; > + &release.next;.</para> Perhaps mention that one can 'dd' a relatively small install image on an HD to make up for the desupport of floppy installs? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe p4-releng" in the body of the messagehome | help
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