Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 00:08:04 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy Support Message-ID: <20030504040804.GA19654@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20030504020700.B3CCA37B401@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20030504020700.B3CCA37B401@hub.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> freebsd-current@freebsd.org > From: Duraid Madina <duraid@octopus.com.au> > Subject: Re: Floppy Support > 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? Well I'd hate to have to replace my 2000/2001 Inter 1100R 1RU rackmount servers we use in the cololations facility. P3's surely aren't 1996 hardware. No reason to have to put a space hogging CD-ROM in something where it would only be used for install. I can boot from floppy and install from ftp in a short time since the machines are on 1GB links into a 10GB global network. Space is at a premium considering how much it costs to rent a rack. The 2RU servers do have CD-ROMS in them - and I'd surely like not to have to put in PXE cards to be able to load the 1RUs from the 2RUs.. > End of freebsd-current Digest, Vol 6, Issue 19 Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030504040804.GA19654>