Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 09:54:38 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Gary W Olson <polsong@frontiernet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Making boot floppies (was: BSD Powerpak 4.0) Message-ID: <20000827095438.A29986@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <39A7FDF3.F927A52C@frontiernet.net>; from polsong@frontiernet.net on Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 12:27:15PM -0500 References: <39A7FDF3.F927A52C@frontiernet.net>
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On Saturday, 26 August 2000 at 12:27:15 -0500, Gary W Olson wrote: > Why aren't the boot floppies included in the package like Linux > distributions have? I haven't seen any Linux distributions with floppies. I'm sure they exist, but the ones I've received all come only with CDs. Nowadays most computers can boot directly from the CD-ROM, and that's so much easier than using obsolete technology like floppies. > Quite frankly, creating the floppies have been such an unsuccessful > problem that I am considering abandoning BSD. Quite frankly, if that's such a problem, you should abandon BSD. It won't be the last problem of that magnitude that you'll experience. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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