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> References: <1119526083.7606.11.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> <1119549678.29881.237027609@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20050623182244.GA48910@dragon.NUXI.org> <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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