From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 11:27:48 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 03C891065673 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:27:48 +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 AF8338FC2C for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:27:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF876E7175; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:27:46 +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=3RvwcuC0kDOq KWPhLxn+JV9Y44M=; b=wFpDtios+dKdJ7dR8zx0ypdqEBnMj3KGoFpWlTsT/kBw WNLcXxFH5ia1zGiEe9+dBTtzogD0K7Y/FdYKPmQ4YiFud8qCHMGfZP7u7BGsh0gF WLYyXv/rZh64GZC1W9tG2VO/e1R9fNXVyjRUGpeUvSyhVenePm8fYJZDNoUA8V0= 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=FTeR46 c0bx0H9djwJ3NuVwGvIYpogWvw6WTDSymbBje3PIBbqWngh/2Anvq8O9hrO+eQ/8 mBkm/XPLSm/jP5Xge/36MhwWca/q61wwKLqAijMu71x4/EBVyu0AdLBOUNgc67T8 ZT8KTXINAbMpvRxasoGMGXUDqZdRK2NScI6f0= Received: from core.draftnet (client-86-27-21-134.glfd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.27.21.134]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83E25E7170; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:27:46 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:27:41 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: "Thomas Mueller" Message-ID: <20101208112741.7db7e6ac@core.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <4cff688e.DMzgcRTJhPHF8CWP%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> References: <4cff688e.DMzgcRTJhPHF8CWP%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.7 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) 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: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:27:48 -0000 On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:14:22 +0000 "Thomas Mueller" wrote: > > The argument is normally that even without a CD drive everyone has > > USB so should install using that instead of floppies. > > Not true on a very old computer (especially USB) That's why I said "the argument", implying that it's something I don't agree with :) I do think we need to be careful to remember that plenty of people don't have modern setups. -- Bruce Cran