svn commit: r45607 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms

Gavin Atkinson gavin at FreeBSD.org
Sun Sep 14 20:59:33 UTC 2014


Author: gavin
Date: Sun Sep 14 20:59:32 2014
New Revision: 45607
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45607

Log:
  Update and clarify information about pc98's tier demotion.
  
  Submitted by:	imp

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml	Sun Sep 14 18:19:35 2014	(r45606)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml	Sun Sep 14 20:59:32 2014	(r45607)
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@
 
     <p>&os;/&arch.pc98; is a <a
       href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
-      Tier 2</a> architecture at the time of 9.0-RELEASE.  Although
-      this was a Tier 1 for a long time since 5.0-RELEASE, it was
+      Tier 2</a> architecture at the time of 9.0-RELEASE.</p>
+
+    <p>Although
+      FreeBSD/pc98 was a Tier 1 for a long time since 5.0-RELEASE, it was
       downgraded due to FreeBSD no longer supporting installation from
-      floppy disks, and pc98 machines not supporting booting from CD/DVD.</p>
+      floppy disks, and most pc98 machines cannot boot from CD/DVD.
+      Although later pc98 machines can boot from CDROM, FreeBSD's support
+      for that has not been integrated into bsdinstall and release tools.</p>
 
     <h3>&os;/&arch.pc98; Hardware Notes</h3>
 


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