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In message: <20040112072715.GA65549@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
            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