From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 7 12:33:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E471065679 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:33:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15C48FC08 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:33:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C89E7173; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:33:08 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=W+5zLMSfI/Vg 8baoB5gesYSEZR4=; b=UhtZNanI38qHHD4K7iG1cnapmUROYv46mLYOdeQg4DUT LTBu13r+s+vIvA00J0M6K6XNuPBt8mIyt1YK88EvMNCfk788r4tRYkR63qtX3/0o omeXYeHGmMTM52E7jo0t2sI0dh6PdQojsxrsVmK1zov/60nfO+378fFeMZe7+TE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=DmJxcr u6wWGORwjskNfmk/s+MYwdb+iZI7RdWrWnCHcGvgh8/pzjajYn0qrWzJ8hqd6IE+ crrJLi0YAJqZm6iWGomttLJQtCNPQvIQTsPqRjVQbKxZ3AM9zMm+SUPxi61F2kM6 D7Lyu79kuDhZik91cU/rOzBVvFPTLgdPmP/+U= Received: from unknown (client-86-25-14-189.oxfd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.25.14.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D90BE7170; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:33:08 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:33:05 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: "Thomas Mueller" Message-ID: <20101207123305.00004921@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4cfe1a85.d3rNX98SaYCaW7+Q%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> References: <4cfe1a85.d3rNX98SaYCaW7+Q%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.16.0; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer program for FreeBSD-9.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:33:10 -0000 On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:29:09 +0000 "Thomas Mueller" wrote: > Otherwise, it would be theoretically possible to install FreeBSD from > a lot of floppies, but finding sufficient errorfree floppies would be > practically impossible. I remember I had a substantial percentage of > bad floppies when I needed five to install DR-DOS in 1999. Floppies > are now eleven years more advanced into deterioration. It's easy enough to find error-free floppy disks if you don't mind paying for them: http://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=430460031 :) -- Bruce Cran