From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 16:15:05 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 D16D937B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:15:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.attbi.com (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6235143F3F for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:15:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from interjet.elischer.org ([12.233.125.100]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003061619371001400ad9jfe>; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:37:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA20847; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:37:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:37:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Leo Bicknell In-Reply-To: <20030616191852.GA52694@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org 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 23:15:06 -0000 On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > Some of this could be done in the current installer, if there wasn't > an effort to make it still fit on a floppy. Mind you, I'd like to see > the floppy based install stick around for a while, but I think FreeBSD > needs to embrace the CD reality. We have over a thousand machines in teh field with no CD but they do have floppies.. we use the floppy when we upgrade.. It's still are requirement as far as I'm concerened :-) >