Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:46:25 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy.. Was: Drawing graphics on terminal Message-ID: <20030616194625.GA1845@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20030616194359.GA53587@ussenterprise.ufp.org> References: <20030616191852.GA52694@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0306161235420.19977-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20030616194359.GA53587@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:43:59PM -0400 I heard the voice of Leo Bicknell, and lo! it spake thus: > > Another idea is to make a floppy just smart enough to load the installer > over the network, since PC's generally have more memory these days... Many Linux dists seem to do something like this nowadays. Then you also only need enough drivers for the NIC; not even the floppy/CD, since you read that through the BIOS up until you've downloaded the installer and modules. It's got its downsides, to be sure, but it also has some positives. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"
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