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Subject: Re: Where are the Sparc64 Installation Boot Floppies? (was - Re:
	Installation on SUN U10 Continued)
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On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:22 pm, David O'Brien wrote:
> [ please don't top post - it looses context ]
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:01:18PM -0500, Brett D. Estrade wrote:
> > Do the installation boot floppy images for sparc64 exist as the
> > documentation claims, or are they a myth?
>
> They do not exist.  These document files are shared with other FreeBSD
> architectures that do have boot floppies (i386 and alpha).

You can bug bmah@ about making the references to floppies only show up in the 
i386 and alpha release notes.

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