Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 12:37:20 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, "Thyer, Matthew" <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <3DC82C00.678359A8@mindspring.com> References: <108E7D907871D6118B5000306E0189F85759A2@ednex504.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20021105002107.GA48239@dragon.nuxi.com> <20021105083559.B5083@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3DC77F65.727CCDA8@mindspring.com> <20021105141730.D5968@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > > As long as a miniiso is available
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> > My DEC labelled Alpha box has a floppy drive, but doesn't
> > have a CDROM drive, unless I hook my own to the SCSI connector.
> > > why bother with floppies?
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> > All of the SRM updates I have are on floppy.
>
> SRM != an OS.
No, but they're a good reason to bother with floppies.
-- Terry
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