From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 20:30:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF8916A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:30:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from pear.silverwraith.com (66-214-182-79.la-cbi.charterpipeline.net [66.214.182.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F33A43D58 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:30:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com) Received: from avleen by pear.silverwraith.com with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1AeoHp-000K9Q-HV; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:30:17 -0800 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:30:17 -0800 From: Avleen Vig To: Daniel O'Connor Message-ID: <20040109043017.GM53429@silverwraith.com> References: <200401082334.i08NYMx86020@thistle.bogs.org> <200401091404.34083.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401091404.34083.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: hackers@freebsd.org cc: Greg Shenaut Subject: Re: Discussion on the future of floppies in 5.x and 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:30:28 -0000 On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:04:34PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > *How* does it support all of those sources? > CD/DVD drives need drivers (ATA optimisticly, but quite possibly SCSI), > FTP/NFS need network card support, NFS needs nfsclient.ko > ie this is the exact problem it has now :) > You could save a little space with your idea because you wouldn't need > sysinstall which is admittedly quite large, but it wouldn't address the > fundamental issue. > If you want floppy installs you need a way of putting arbitary drivers onto > floppy disks easily so users can grab what they need and use it instead of > having to second guess what sort of hardware they are likely to be using. > IMHO of course 8-) Now you've got me thinking. A simple website which lets you choose what drivers you want (anyone seen the .muttrc config page? :) That should be really easy to do with a little perl CGI. I might take a crack at this in the next week or so. -- Avleen Vig Systems Administrator Personal: www.silverwraith.com EFnet: irc.mindspring.com (Earthlink user access only)