Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 09:50:58 -0700 From: Ted Cabeen <secabeen@pobox.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Erwin Lansing <erwin@lansing.dk> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM x345 2U server? Message-ID: <87vfw353il.fsf@gray.impulse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10305210845330.2996-100000@misery.sdf.com> (Tom Samplonius's message of "Wed, 21 May 2003 08:47:50 -0700 (PDT)") References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10305210845330.2996-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> writes: > On Wed, 21 May 2003, Christoffer Pio wrote: > > ... >> from floppies (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp), I cannot imagine >> how it could make a difference installing from a CDROM. > > Well, way more drivers can fit on the CDROM for one. > > However, I don't know why anyone would install from floppies, if you > have a CD-ROM. Floppies are slow and hold a tiny amount of data. Because you have a local mirror of FreeBSD and all you need is the two boot floppies and a copy of your install.cfg to do a full automated install. Many of our systems don't have CD-ROM drives, but they all have floppies. Ideally I'd be doing entirely net-based installs, but the Ethernet cards we have don't do netboot. :( -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com
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