From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 1 18:14:33 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA08960 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 18:14:33 -0700 Received: from po4.andrew.cmu.edu (PO4.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.104]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA08949 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 18:14:30 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po4.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA13428; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:14:25 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:14:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix16.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:12:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix16.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:12:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix16.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.unix16.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:12:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 21:12:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. CC: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199510012343.TAA08602@etinc.com> References: <199510012343.TAA08602@etinc.com> Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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). ---- Robert Watson (rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu) * Double major: IDS/CS * H&SS http://www.watson.org/ robert@fledge.watson.org