From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 1 16:39:47 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA06295 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:39:47 -0700 Received: from etinc.com (etinc-gw.new-york.net [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA06290 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:39:43 -0700 Received: from trumpet.etnet.com (trumpet.etnet.com [129.45.17.35]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA08602; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 19:43:04 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 19:43:04 -0400 Message-Id: <199510012343.TAA08602@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Brian Tao From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >On Sat, 30 Sep 1995, dennis wrote: >> >> NO!!!!!!!! NFS is the best and fastest way to load semi-custom systems. > > I agree, but if we have to choose, I'd lose NFS first too. How >many first-time users (those who will be baffled the most by the 8-meg >requirement) have access to an NFS server with the FreeBSD distribution >ready of installation? >-- Great Idea! Lets lose the established users who are pushing for the O/S to support the idiots. Let's eliminate those that are building systems based on FreeBSD in hopes of luring the occasional one-time user. This is a great business decision. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25