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On Wed, 21 May 2003, Christoffer Pio wrote:

...
> from floppies (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp), I cannot imagine
> how it could make a difference installing from a CDROM.

  Well, way more drivers can fit on the CDROM for one.

  However, I don't know why anyone would install from floppies, if you
have a CD-ROM.  Floppies are slow and hold a tiny amount of data.

> Christoffer


Tom