5.1 disc1 for sparc64 (Re: I wanna help test ...)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 06:03:48PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> PaceMakerTaker wrote this message on Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 16:36 -0700:
> > OK, I go to ftp.freebsd.org and in the sparc64
> > directory I see the iso for disk2 and miniroot.  Is
> > there enough to install or do I need the 5.0-R stuff
> > also?  Do I have to do an upgrade or can I do a clean
> > install with 5.1-R
> 
> The miniinst should be enough to get you up and running.
> 
> It just doesn't contian all the packages that the i386 version does.

The i386 miniroot doesn't contain packages either, that's why it's mini ;-)

I don't know why disc1 was not produced for sparc - that's the one
that contains the installation media plus common packages.

Kris
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