Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:12:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson <rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. Message-ID: <gkPnm8S00YUs8Ic0l8@andrew.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199510012343.TAA08602@etinc.com> References: <199510012343.TAA08602@etinc.com>
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Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-hackers: 1-Oct-95 Re: FreeBSD
2.1 will requir.. dennis@etinc.com (874*)
> >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.
How about two boot disks, then? An installation-by phone/etc disk with
ppp/ftp support, and a mnetwork version for 8 meg+ systems that has nfs
and the ethernet drivers.. Of maybe just an NFS install disk and a
non-nfs install disk.. Assumably no one would nfs over a ppp line (bad
assumption, but ok, I think).
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Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS
http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org
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