Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:36:03 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: "Brett D. Estrade" <estrabd@mailcan.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the Sparc64 Installation Boot Floppies? (was - Re: Installation on SUN U10 Continued) Message-ID: <42BB0F23.5030803@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <1119555190.15584.237034245@webmail.messagingengine.com> 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> <1119555190.15584.237034245@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Brett D. Estrade wrote: > 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 Installing from a normal video console should work a lot better with 6.0. I think that the June snapshot has enough pieces to demonstrate this, if you're willing to check it out. Scott
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