Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 07:19:04 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File System on a tape Message-ID: <199608161419.HAA11671@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199608161402.KAA07940@shell.monmouth.com> from "Bill/Carolyn Pechter" at Aug 16, 96 10:02:07 am
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> > > have a floppy on their system (or perhaps a CDROM drive), but how many > > > have a tape drive? > > Folks, it also is kind of nice for those folks who have access to some > kind of tape drive and no CDROM -- or (more common) an Unsupported > CDROM. > > Imagine if the folks with wierd IDE CD's could cut a tape and install > from that before having to get hacked kernels. I've had to make the > floppy sets at times because of not enough DOS partition space > to put the distribution. If I could dd or tar to tape and install from tape > it would be a great ease of installation issue at times. I *thought* installing from tape *was* supported?? Or, is this broke? > Also, sooner or later we're going to go multiplatform (I hope) and one > day we may need the capability.
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