Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 17:27:41 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: Brian Tao <taob@io.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. Message-ID: <199510020027.RAA00326@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Oct 1995 19:43:04 EDT." <199510012343.TAA08602@etinc.com>
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>>> dennis said: > >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 > Oh guys, is not a big deal to build a kernel if you are unix awared however the so called "idiots" are a pain in the butt to support . Also, there is nothing that can prevent us from loading a different kernel once the system is up and running. For instance, during the first install phase one could ask to load into disk a bloated kernel or not. Amancio
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