Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 13:50:47 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@asme.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd0s1e hard errors Message-ID: <12467.886888247@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Feb 1998 16:45:21 EST." <34DCD5F1.1CFBAE39@asme.org>
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Who in the heck said this stuff is going on the generic boot floppy? People sure are jumping to a lot of strange conclusions around here lately - is it the weather? El Nino perhaps? :-) Jordan > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > I'm not sure what you mean. > > > If space is the problem, all stuff that is unnecessary for the > installation, like the dib map of the screensaver, should be left out of > the boot floppy. a second "bloated" kernel can be installed afterwards. > Keep BAD144 ! > > I add that my experience with new users indicates that they don't trust > FreeBSD at first, and therefore will install it on the oldest machine > available, before they decide to move. > > Pedro. > > > > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > > > > The splash screen stuff is another kettle of fish - I can think of a > > > > number of commercial folks who'd like their logo to come up when > > > > FreeBSD boots and such things don't interfere with text based installs > > > > anyway, so why not? > > > > > > > The fancy stuff can wait until *AFTER* the system is installed. > > > > > > Pedro. > > > > > > > > > > Jordan > > > > > >
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