Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:07:44 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: peterjeremy@optushome.com.au Cc: wgrim@siue.edu Subject: Re: Discussion on the future of floppies in 5.x and 6.x Message-ID: <20040112.130744.103234908.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040112072715.GA65549@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20040111161839.53EC788@toad.stack.nl> <4001A019.2030604@siue.edu> <20040112072715.GA65549@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> writes:
: On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 01:12:25PM -0600, William Grim wrote:
: >If it's really such a big deal to get rid of floppy support, how about
: >we get rid of it and make sure an older version of FreeBSD 4.x/5.x is
: >always available for download? This way, floppy users could install an
: >older version of the OS and cvsup to the latest version they want.
:
: 1) CVSup isn't an option for someone who wants to install a binary
: distribution and not have to do a buildworld.
Actually, one can distribute binaries with cvsup, but it is a bit of a
pita...
Warner
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