From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 16:23:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D11416A41F for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:23:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C6F543D58 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:23:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 5270584 for multiple; Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:24:18 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k04GMpYu003698; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:22:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:23:41 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20060104120024.2556B16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com> In-Reply-To: <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200601041123.42453.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1229/Wed Jan 4 10:08:11 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: Roger Marquis Subject: Re: AMD64 boot floppies X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:23:06 -0000 On Wednesday 04 January 2006 10:59 am, Roger Marquis wrote: > Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > When I upgraded my old Celeron box a year ago, I had to buy a CDROM > > burner, so that I could burn the install CD for my new machine. Since > > than it is sitting idle in its slot. > > You could also have purchased a USB-CD-RW or USB-DVD-RW. > > The problem with floppies is their A) tendency to develop bad > sectors, and B) increasing rarity. The lines of code needed for a > boot floppy would be much better spent on other bootable media, > Flash, DVD, etc, all of which would have larger and more > appreciative audiences. There isn't any code needed however. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org