Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:55:21 +0100 From: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Andrea Brancatelli <andrea@brancatelli.it> Subject: Re: ADM64 floppies Message-ID: <43B68DC9.6020508@rfc2549.org> In-Reply-To: <20051230205736.3260C16A420@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20051230205736.3260C16A420@hub.freebsd.org>
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Bill Paul wrote: >> Hello... just a quick question... >> >> For i386 we have >> >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.0-RELEASE/floppies/ >> >> but for Amd64 there's no >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.0-RELEASE/floppies/ >> >> How can I get installation floppies for 6.0 / amd64? >> >> Thanks... > > There aren't any, because amd64 machines are "legacy free" systems, > meaning they don't come with floppy drives or parallel printer ports. > (They do come with serial ports, thankfully, probably because of > how useful they are for setting up headless servers.) > As a side note my amd64 board has floppy and parrallel port (which I use to program Atmels :)) Arne
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