Floppies for ALPHA [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.alpha src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC NOTES]

[Wilko Bulte]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 03:58:46PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:15:25PM -0700, Bernd Walter wrote:
> >
> >>ticso       2003/07/21 12:15:25 PDT
> >>
> >> FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >> Modified files:
> >>   sys/conf             files.alpha 
> >>   sys/alpha/conf       GENERIC NOTES 
> >> Log:
> >> Enable eisa support on alpha.
> >> We need eisa bridge support on some models, which now depends on having
> >> eisa in the kernel.
> >
> >
> >Without having checked: what about the bootfloppy?
> >
> 
> This is a loosing fight.  While there is still some value in having
> floppies for x86, is there really any value in them for Alpha?  My
> understanding is that CD-ROMs have been standard on all Alphas for
> the past 5-10 years.  Netbooting is an easy alternative for those

Correct. On all Alpha's in fact. Even the DEC3000 etc.

> without CDs or bandwidth.  We do not do floppies for sparc64 and ia64,
> and I would hope/expect that we don't do them for amd64.  I think it's
> time to cut them out of Alpha.

Absolutely. But everytime we planned on doing that there was uproar.
You obviously loose the network install with just a floppy to boot from.
But miniinst.iso fills that gap, at least IMHO.

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