From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 23:15:37 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 5B42316A41F for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:15:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F4A443D62 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:15:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ISL009SSCU7MUB0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:20:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.203.66.1]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0ISL00BF8CQCZC90@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:18:12 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:15:35 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH In-reply-to: <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-id: <20060105001535.7d881d0a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20060104120024.2556B16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com> 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 23:15:37 -0000 On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:59:08 -0800 (PST) Roger Marquis wrote: > The problem with floppies is their A) tendency to develop bad > sectors, and B) increasing rarity. The lines of code needed for a A) Yes, but easily countered by fresh for,atting floppies everytime you use them. Not a problem. B) No, USB floppy drives are everywhere. Floppies themselves can be had in almost any store (here in Norway at least). There is another reason why you need a floppy drive around; most motherboards only supports BIOS updates from either - windows or - a floppy Heck, my newest mainboard even has a built-in bios update mechanism, but it wants to load files from the internal floppy, no way to choose device in that program. Luckily, it also supports update from dos floppy, which worked nicely with a usb floppy drive. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway