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Date:      Sat, 15 Jul 1995 08:35:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
To:        peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZIP drives
Message-ID:  <199507151235.IAA09700@hda.com>
In-Reply-To: <199507151213.HAA12836@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Jul 15, 95 07:13:04 am

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Peter da Silva writes:
> 
> The Iomega ZIP drive looks just big enough to let me install FreeBSD on one,
> using the live file system CD, to let me do test installs and stuff pretty
> cheapl ($20 per 100M cartridge). Has anyone any input into this?
> 
> Especially: has anyone used one under FreeBSD, or booted from one?

There have been various successes and failures with the Zip drive,
but overall I think it is a safe bet (and you might help track down
some of the rough edges).  I've been considering getting
one also.

Peter

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