Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 20:03:58 +1000 From: Duraid Madina <duraid@octopus.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: bsdterm@HotPOP.com Subject: Re: Floppy Support Message-ID: <3EB4E58E.3070804@octopus.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030504023512.GA24882@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <3EB3C118.6020203@octopus.com.au> <200305031817.16068.bsdterm@HotPOP.com> <3EB450E0.9060702@octopus.com.au> <20030503235911.GA64288@shall.anarcat.ath.cx> <3EB45D98.50106@octopus.com.au> <20030504023512.GA24882@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 10:23:52AM +1000, Duraid Madina wrote: > >>The fact that FreeBSD insists on fitting its kernel onto floppies has so >>far prevented me from installing it on my not terribly new hardware. > > How has FreeBSD prevented you from installing because we fit the kernel > on floppies? The snapshot server is basically wasting CPU cycles, and has been for a couple of weeks now. Support for my hard disk controllers has been checked in, but here I sit, waiting. Why? Because we fit the kernel on floppies. > Don't worry that won't happen -- AMD has committed to the current type of > BIOS and plans to NOT switch to EFI. You haven't used an EFI box yet, have you. ;) Duraid
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