Floppies for ALPHA

[Terry Lambert]

Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 01:33:32PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > On 2003-Jul-30 22:11:09 +0200, Wilko Bulte <wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > [dd the install image onto a HDD]
> > >Well, I have done something like this once by pulling a StorageWorks
> > >SBB disk from a machine where I dd-ed an OS ontop of it and then put
> > >that disk in another machine to boot it.
> >
> > I also had to do it to bootstrap my Multia - no floppy drive or CD-ROM
> > and the FreeBSD netboot is incompatible with the Multia SRM.
> 
> Must be multia specific - I netbooted a NoName.

I can confirm it on my Multia, too.

> IIRC have multias pcmcia slots.
> Can they boot from flash media?

Not that's I've been able to get it to do; it has one slot, but
bootability is a firmware thing.

-- Terry