From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 13:46:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C276037B401; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gw.catspoiler.org (217-ip-163.nccn.net [209.79.217.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E56943F85; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (mousie.catspoiler.org [192.168.101.2]) by gw.catspoiler.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5GKkhM7049823; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from truckman@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200306162046.h5GKkhM7049823@gw.catspoiler.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis To: jmallett@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20030616153806.A42660@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org cc: fullermd@over-yonder.net Subject: Re: floppy.. Was: Drawing graphics on terminal X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:46:55 -0000 On 16 Jun, Juli Mallett wrote: > Not to turn this into too much of a bikeshed, but here's an idea I > jotted down a while ago: > > %%% > There has been a lot of talk about deprecation of floppies in upcoming > releases, and I've been thinking a lot about whether or not we need to > do this, and I've been thinking especially about when it makes sense > to have the installer at all, and have come up with three cases, and > how a floppy would fit in to them. This is intended to help come up > with ways of having single-purpose floppies that are easier to keep > small enough to fit on, well, floppies. I've thought for a long time that this is the best way to go.