Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:52:23 +0000 From: Pete French <petefrench@keithprowse.com> To: skquinn@xevious.kicks-ass.net, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fix make release for 4-STABLE Message-ID: <E1AiXx9-0000eU-Vj@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200401190546.57312.skquinn@xevious.kicks-ass.net>
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> It's pretty obvious that within a couple more years they will be > completely replaced by CD-R media or similar things. So, having to use You are assuming that you can boot from the CD-ROM, which isnt true on any of the machines I own for starters. Floppies are still very useful as a bootstapping tool - even Windows XP does it this way after all. It may take 6 floppies, but it enables you to get the OS onto a machine with just a boot floppy. -pcf.
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