Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 12:43:50 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brian Dean <brdean@mindspring.com> Cc: jwd@unx.sas.com (John W. DeBoskey), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make release (almost) No space left on device Message-ID: <199901032043.MAA07228@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Jan 1999 15:39:45 EST." <199901032039.PAA68739@vger.foo.com>
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> > Maybe we can move to having a network installation floppy and a > > disk media installation floppy... I personally do not want to see > > a multidisk boot process. I've used it on other systems, and it > > really hurts. > > I second this suggestion. > > Please avoid having a two (or more - ouch!) floppy install process. I > typically install up to 30 machines at a time and a two floppy install > will make this chore almost unbearable! We'll do what we can, but consider using a bootable CDROM instead of floppies for your installs. Much faster. There's a limit to what we can pack onto a floppy, unfortunately. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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