Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:05:53 +0800 From: leafy <leafy@leafy.idv.tw> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Troubles installing 5.0-RC2 on a Thinkpad560 Message-ID: <20030110100553.GA10024@leafy.idv.tw> In-Reply-To: <3E1E9770.7030301@sics.se> References: <20030109201251.R59276-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <3E1E9770.7030301@sics.se>
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:50:40AM +0100, Karl-Petter Åkesson wrote:
> Yes modified floppies would be great.
>
> I dont really get this. When I read the installation intructions I
> understood it as that all hardware listed in HARDWARE.txt is supported
> not only by FreeBSD by it self but also available on the floppies. But
> this isnt the case or?
>
> /Kalle
No exactly. As we are getting to support more and more hardware, 1 floppy
cannot hold a full GENERIC kernel. So if you could, installing with a CDROM
is preferred and then get things that does not quite work to work in the
post-install stage.
leafy
--
"Without the userland, the kernel is useless."
--inspired by The Tao of Programming
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