Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:25:42 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help *fast* Message-ID: <41D0E046.9040608@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCENCEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCENCEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDE7C1EA9D24907EB0786B06D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikolas Britton >>Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:08 PM >>To: Broder Mizzérable >>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>Subject: Re: Need help *fast* >> >> >>Broder Mizzérable wrote: >> >> >>>Hello there.. i'm switching to FreeBSD ' now '... i did try to use the >>>floppy installation way. but it seems like all my floppy's are 50kb to >>>small =/ ... so i was wondering .. is it possible to use a CD ' That >>>does already has stuffs on it but still boot it and download FTP wise >>>.. as you would do as on the floppy installation ... i do ask this cuz >>>i dont have any free CD's atm .. >>> >> >>I'm not quite following what you mean? You tried the standard tools to >>make the floppy's, like rawrite and dd? AND you did format these disk >>before hand to check that they didn't have bad sectors?.... I have a big >>box of floppy's that have been siting in the closet and every time I >>need one I have to go through 20 or so bad ones that have bad sectors or >>invalid media to find the one perfect one. floppy diskettes are junk >>thats why we stopped using them. >> > > > No, floppy diskettes are definitely not junk, there is nothing wrong > with the medium except that it doesen't hold enough. > > I used to work at a large software developer, Symantec formerly Central > Point Software (ie: PCTools) The last floppy runs of PCTools had at > least 20 5.25 diskettes and about 15 3.5 floppies and Central Point > did their own duplicating. There was no way in hell that floppies > that were anywhere near as bad as you imply could have been used for > commercial duplication, the reject rate would have been too high. > > The problem today is that the floppy diskettes you buy in the > store today are not manufactured under the high tolerances that > they are supposed to be, and the floppy disk drives are also > slopped together. I don't know how the commercial duplicators > do it if any are still doing floppy runs, probably none are > anymore. My guess is the few people still manufacturing them are > using old ratty equipment that probably should have been retired > years ago. > > Ted Good Lord! PCTools!!! Now yer talking! Even back when 95 came on like 30 diskettes... or was that OS/2? -- Best regards, Chris The wrong quarterback is the one that's in there. --------------enigDE7C1EA9D24907EB0786B06D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB0OBMD5P/gMAbw2MRAgJ3AJ49pPHCeIVzn+pUnD2Gp0tTWgmIEQCfbwo7 CwaoF0Z0Kdv0LfVOcALDzHo= =wrLp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDE7C1EA9D24907EB0786B06D--
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