From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 22:56:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 314A316A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B9E43FD7 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:56:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9V6uqO8025229; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:56:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9V6upLJ007568; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:56:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id h9V6uo2x007567; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:56:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:56:50 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Brandon Fosdick Message-ID: <20031031065650.GA7495@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3FA0B460.7090008@freebsd.org> <200310301808.h9UI8qaZ000347@ice.nodomain> <20031030181318.GA97591@luke.immure.com> <3FA1CFBB.3040906@terrandev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FA1CFBB.3040906@terrandev.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: Dan Strick cc: dan@ice.nodomain cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.9 is now available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 06:56:56 -0000 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. But most likely these machines are now enough to understand booting from the new style CDs ;-) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte