diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
index 81dfe82ce90a..60664211bcd6 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 +=====================================================================+
 
 Author:         Jordan K. Hubbard
-Last updated:   Thu Jun 15 12:18:46 PDT 2000 
+Last updated:   Wed Jul 26 07:43:37 PDT 2000
 By:		Wilko Bulte
 
 0.0     Quick Start
@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@ cases, it is possible to switch between AlphaBIOS (or ARC) firmware
 and SRM. In others it will be necessary to download new firmware from
 the vendor's Website.
 
-Caveat: if you find yourself staring a the following error after
-booting the installation: "can't find my init, going nowhere CPU panic"
-please make sure there are no other diskdrives attached to the system
-with a valid BSD disklabel on them (can be Linux, Tru64, OpenBSD etc). 
-The problem has also been observed when an OpenVMS bootable disk was present.
-This is a bug (alpha/17642) in need of a fix.
-
 0.1     Installing FreeBSD from CDROM or the Internet
 ---     ---------------------------------------------