From owner-freebsd-current Thu Aug 8 22: 1:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABD037B401; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:01:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D7F43E3B; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:01:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.4/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7951lQZ073970; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 14:31:48 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Subject: Re: 3 floppy system for -current releases From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Terry Lambert Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Ruslan Ermilov , John Hay In-Reply-To: <3D5348FD.24AB721F@mindspring.com> References: <200208081632.g78GWeq61331@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> <20020808172715.GA29895@sunbay.com> <20020809042955.GA980@dragon.nuxi.com> <3D5348FD.24AB721F@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 09 Aug 2002 14:31:47 +0930 Message-Id: <1028869308.2345.11.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.6 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 14:15, Terry Lambert wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > > Why?? I disagree. CD9600 can go to the 3rd floppy -- if I am installing > > from floppy's I am 99.9% chance doing a network install. > > I have an idea... > > If you only support installing via whatever option wins a vote > as The One True Way, then there'll be a 100% chance that that's > the way that people will install because that will be the only > way that works. > > ... > > Is there a particularly good reason people should rip code out, > and thereby limit FreeBSD's potential market? Moving it to a third floppy == removing support? I don't _think_ so Tim. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message