From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 26 16:19:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38CC737B401; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:19:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03.attbi.com [204.127.202.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BE2943FAF; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:19:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03) with SMTP id <20030426231900003006do2ge>; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:19:00 +0000 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:18:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Tim Kientzle In-Reply-To: <3EAADD13.50207@acm.org> Message-ID: <20030426161039.M13476@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030425202941.GD28920@sunbay.com> <20030426110913.GB9189@sunbay.com> <3EAADD13.50207@acm.org> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/loader compiled with NOFORTH X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 23:19:02 -0000 On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Tim Kientzle wrote: > People still use 1.44MB floppies? I don't > even have floppy drives in my PCs anymore. The problem isn't as simple as that. The El Torrito stuff still depends on having working floppy images. And there are a lot of systems (mine included) that don't boot with the new hard disk imaging boot standard. The floppy images need to work, even if they aren't installed on real floppy disks. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection