Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 19:59:11 -0400 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: Duraid Madina <duraid@octopus.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Support Message-ID: <20030503235911.GA64288@shall.anarcat.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <3EB450E0.9060702@octopus.com.au> References: <3EB3C118.6020203@octopus.com.au> <200305031817.16068.bsdterm@HotPOP.com> <3EB450E0.9060702@octopus.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun May 04, 2003 at 09:29:36AM +1000, Duraid Madina wrote: > Are you saying that you would be honestly upset or at a serious > disadvantage if 4.8/5.0-rel were the latest releases you could install > from floppies and that if you wanted a more recent FreeBSD on your 1996 > hardware, you'd have to install 4.8 or 5 first and upgrade your way up? I know I would be upset. Why does everyone keep on trying to ditch the old hardware? It still works, doesn't it? It's still useful, isn't it? So what if it it's pre-'95? Are we so "hip" that we need to drop support for everything older that 7 years? I despise the habit of the computer industry of deprecating perfectly valid hardware in order to make sales. We don't have to follow such trends. I think you are mixing two problems: the CDROM boot and the FLOPPY boot. Those can be 2 totally different issues if we need to. Fix the CDROM boot to allow fatty kernels for your exotic hardware. But don't break the floppy boot, a lot of less fortunate folks need it. Not everyone can afford fresh new hardware. A. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+tFfOttcWHAnWiGcRAiLDAJ93VVrNQw4ooOJToanyEW45TQxbJQCgoaW6 7leieTE8QXYdDHj5XD3K6LQ= =WMgb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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