docs/155982: [patch] remove reference to floppy installations

Marc Fonvieille blackend at FreeBSD.org
Mon Apr 4 17:57:18 UTC 2011


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 06:47:51PM +0900, Ryusuke SUZUKI wrote:
> blackend>  PC98 arch needs installation floppies, so it should not be "just" removed.
> 
> eadler> I was unaware of this. Do you think that the text should remain as is
> eadler> or could parts of it be reworked to remove floppies as a primary
> eadler> installation method? Perhaps a note about ppc could be added?
> 
>  I agree with blackend@ that it should not just be removed,
>  since floppy images of i386, amd64, pc98, and sparc64 for 7.3 and 7.4-RELEASE
>  are also available.
> 
>  I also agree with eadler@ that floppy is not a primary installation media.
> 
>  How about moving the text to chapter 2.13
>  (Preparing Your Own Installation Media) like CDROM images?
>

Sounds good.

-- 
Marc
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