Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:50:45 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: lansil@rpi.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: doFS.sh, FreeBSD To Go Message-ID: <3D52E7B5.94C9270F@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.A41.3.96.1020808121306.82002A-100000@cortez.sss.rpi.edu> <20020809022403C.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Makoto Matsushita wrote: > BTW, why you want a floppy image for your project? Doesn't 'cdboot' > help you anything? FWIW, I think a floppy image is great. I have a number of older systems from which I cannot boot from the CDROM. It's also desirable from the third party driver perspective, as long as FreeBSD can load kernel modules of a CDROM or DOS floppy in a binary format: it means that someone can sign a non-disclosure agreement with a hardware vendor, create a binary only driver, and then give it to the hardware vendor to have them distribute in the A:\FREEBSD\BIN\ directory. 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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