Re: misc/45155: there are no usb-stick installer images

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

The following reply was made to PR misc/45155; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)
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Subject: Re: misc/45155: there are no usb-stick installer images
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:32:20 -0700

 On Nov 2, 11:37am, David Holland wrote:
 } The following reply was made to PR misc/45155; it has been noted by GNATS.
 } 
 } From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 } To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 } Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:27:59 +0000
 } 
 }  On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 07:45:02PM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
 }   >> At least ports for which ~modern hardware exists (i386, amd64,
 }   >> sparc64, ...) should provide install images for usb sticks, since this
 }   >  
 }   >  I'm not aware of any sparc64 firmware version able to boot those - if
 }   >  anyone knows of such machine/device combinations, please mail me 
details.
 }  
 }  Really? I thought there were relatively recent sparc64 models :-)
 }  
 }  anyway, I stand corrected. If booting from USB is really x86-only the
 }  category should be changed accordingly.
 
      Perhaps so, but we don't support any remotely recent sparc64 models.
 
 }-- End of excerpt from David Holland