Update and clarify information about pc98's tier demotion.

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Gavin Atkinson 2014-09-14 20:59:32 +00:00
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<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>