From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 10:17:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E66537B401 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 10:17:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [207.200.153.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4594343F85 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 10:17:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom (helo=localhost) by misery.sdf.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 19Is69-0007ku-00; Thu, 22 May 2003 08:35:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 08:35:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius To: Ted Cabeen In-Reply-To: <87vfw353il.fsf@gray.impulse.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: Christoffer Pio cc: Erwin Lansing Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IBM x345 2U server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 17:17:43 -0000 On Thu, 22 May 2003, Ted Cabeen wrote: > Tom Samplonius 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. :( Well, you might want to add CD-ROMs, or upgrade your NICs before floppy drives are completely obsolete. A external USB drive (CD-ROM or flash) would also be an option. Some vendors (Dell) are not going to include floppies on their systems anymore. Soon floppies will gone entirely. > -- > 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 Tom