pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.2-RELEASE/floppies/

[Julian H. Stacey]

Hi all,
	http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-pre.html
near end with red vertical bar ...
Is Wrong, It says:
	Please note, as of FreeBSD 8.X, floppy disk images are no
	longer available. Please see above for instructions on how
	to install FreeBSD using a USB memory stick or just use a
	CDROM or a DVD.

Not True. Just no i386 & amd64 etc, but this exists:
	/pub/FreeBSD/releases/pc98/8.2-RELEASE/floppies
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006      661 Feb 18 05:43 CHECKSUM.MD5
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006     1081 Feb 18 05:43 CHECKSUM.SHA256
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 boot-small.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1474560 Feb 18 05:43 boot.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 fixit-small.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1474560 Feb 18 05:43 fixit.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 kern-small1.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 kern-small2.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 kern-small3.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1474560 Feb 18 05:43 kern1.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1474560 Feb 18 05:43 kern2.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 mfsroot-small1.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1228800 Feb 18 05:43 mfsroot-small2.flp
	-rw-r--r--  1 1006  1006  1474560 Feb 18 05:43 mfsroot1.flp

No 
	/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.2-RELEASE/floppies/
for an old machine
	With no USB boot, No CD (except maybe pcmcia cdrom & that
	too would need a floppy to start it, Even PL-IP would need
	a floppy to start with.

I could do a manual move of all libs & bins, on to my 7.4, carefuly
in the right order, then reboot, but even that wouldnt help someone
else with a raw machine.

But might be easier if I go the make release route & see what breaks
on floppies - or overflows 2880 x 512K.
It seems for pc98 someone did the extra work already splitting things smaller.
Any plans for i386 ?

PS Sure I have other better machines, but this spare old laptop
makes a nice spare X screen to monitor other connected hardware with.

Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com
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