Floppies for ALPHA

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 10:44:53AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
>     [ Reply-to: set back to list ]
>     
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:38:48PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 12:54:36PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > I've got that feeling that the consensus was to drop the floppy
> > > support for Alpha, as supporting it becomes a nightmare.  If so,
> > 
> > Yes, that consensus seems to be there. Finally.. :)
> > 
> > The question is if the way forward is a minimini.iso so a really
> > minimal ISO image (<< in size that miniinst.iso) or some other mechanism
> > like NetBSD or ancient SunOS 3.x used. Which, IIRC, was an image one dropped
> > in to the swap area of a disk and booted from. 
> 
> Why do we have to choose one?  We should offer multiple ways (as we do
> today).  The problem is not offering a small downloadable image to
> install an Alpha from -- but that 1.44MB is a ridiculous size constraint
> for that image.

OK, one could have a minimini.iso, a miniinst,iso and a fullblown ISO boot
which includes packages etc, so  disc1 from a 4 disk set..
Plus a 'dd-able' image (for lack of a better word). Would that be your
choice?

I agree 1.44M is a laugh.

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