Re: ADM64 floppies

From: Arne Schwabe <arne_at_rfc2549.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:55:21 +0100
Bill Paul wrote:
>> Hello... just a quick question...
>>
>> For i386 we have 
>>
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.0-RELEASE/floppies/ 
>>
>> but for Amd64 there's no 
>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.0-RELEASE/floppies/ 
>>
>> How can I get installation floppies for 6.0 / amd64?
>>
>> Thanks...
> 
> There aren't any, because amd64 machines are "legacy free" systems,
> meaning they don't come with floppy drives or parallel printer ports.
> (They do come with serial ports, thankfully, probably because of
> how useful they are for setting up headless servers.)
> 

As a side note my amd64 board has floppy and parrallel port (which I use 
to program Atmels :))

Arne
Received on Sat Dec 31 2005 - 12:55:24 UTC

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