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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:12:12 -0400
From: Andrew Herdman <andrew@why.whine.com>
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To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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        Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: What's wrong with a bootable CDROM??? 
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On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > Speaking of problems with the bootable CD-ROM.  If you boot off the first
> > disk, you can't insert the fixit cdrom (cd drawer is locked).  And you
> > can't boot off the fixit cdrom.... *sigh*  maybe next time.
> 
> "Interesting." :-)
> 
> I didn't think the boot process would lock the CDROM this way; I suppose
> I could make the 2nd CD bootable without too much trouble.  Would people
> prefer that?
> 
> 					Jordan
> 

I'd personally like to see both bootable.  It's nice to able to install
without using a floppy drive.  And it'd be nice to be able to use the
fixit disk.... without a floppy drive..

		Andrew

I really hate floppies.