From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 3 16:59:14 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 CA5BF37B401 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 16:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aeimail.aei.ca (aeimail.aei.ca [206.123.6.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC1C43F75 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 16:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx) Received: from shall.anarcat.ath.cx (e1imfl2fdpoh9x1q@dsl-133-253.aei.ca [66.36.133.253]) by aeimail.aei.ca (8.11.6/8.10.1) with ESMTP id h43NxC725118; Sat, 3 May 2003 19:59:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by shall.anarcat.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5FBC3261; Sat, 3 May 2003 19:59:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 19:59:11 -0400 From: The Anarcat To: Duraid Madina Message-ID: <20030503235911.GA64288@shall.anarcat.ath.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Duraid Madina , bsdterm@HotPOP.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <3EB3C118.6020203@octopus.com.au> <200305031817.16068.bsdterm@HotPOP.com> <3EB450E0.9060702@octopus.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EB450E0.9060702@octopus.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i cc: bsdterm@HotPOP.com cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Support 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, 03 May 2003 23:59:15 -0000 --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 > disadvantage if 4.8/5.0-rel were the latest releases you could install=20 > from floppies and that if you wanted a more recent FreeBSD on your 1996= =20 > 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. --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+tFfOttcWHAnWiGcRAiLDAJ93VVrNQw4ooOJToanyEW45TQxbJQCgoaW6 7leieTE8QXYdDHj5XD3K6LQ= =WMgb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4--