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Date:      Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:33:10 -0500
From:      "Brett D. Estrade" <estrabd@mailcan.com>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where are the Sparc64 Installation Boot Floppies? (was - Re:  Installation on SUN U10 Continued)
Message-ID:  <1119555190.15584.237034245@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <200506231437.51814.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:37:50 -0400, "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
said:
> 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.
> 

Would he also be able to note that you need to install through a serial
console?  That and the floppies thing were the only 2 "gotchas" that
plagued me after I thought I had gone through the effort of informing
myself about FreeBSD on Sparc64....of course this still leaves Robert in
a lurch with his U10 dilemma :\

Brett



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