Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:21:13 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@terrandev.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9 is now available Message-ID: <20031031042113.GA9280@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <3FA1CFBB.3040906@terrandev.com> References: <3FA0B460.7090008@freebsd.org> <200310301808.h9UI8qaZ000347@ice.nodomain> <20031030181318.GA97591@luke.immure.com> <3FA1CFBB.3040906@terrandev.com>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:58:03PM -0800, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > Bob Willcox wrote: > >Seems that they should be able to create the floppy disks and boot from > >them still. Not ideal, but should work. > > Floppies are an endangered species. At work we just bought a large > number (thousands) of new machines and not a single one came with a > floppy drive. Now that I think of it, neither of my home machines has a > floppy either. Although I do have one drive sitting on the shelf, just > in case. Well, considering how cheap they are, I always include a floppy drive in my systems for the same reason. Though I must admit that I find that I have to boot MSDOS to update MB BIOSes more often than anything with them. :-) Bob -- Bob Willcox If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, bob@immure.com I guess you do have a problem. Austin, TX -- Richard Bach, "Illusions"
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