Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:26:22 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: plukawski@gmail.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd install from floppy Message-ID: <4b921fbe.rSW1F2xbdHLIg6/X%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <c1c87c5a1003051051v65a39c53jd80b2095ceb7c246@mail.gmail.com> References: <c1c87c5a1003030433g43d2bc3ak3cda4822eb4b2cbd@mail.gmail.com> <d7195cff1003032051ub0bc72fi6c91164b26af08b3@mail.gmail.com> <c1c87c5a1003051051v65a39c53jd80b2095ceb7c246@mail.gmail.com>
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Piotr Lukawski <plukawski@googlemail.com> wrote: > ... I really cannot understand why nobody can change > just one parameter and put the file in a proper place in > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/ I seem to remember something about the floppy images being dropped because few current (or even recent) systems have a floppy drive at all, much less a bootable one. I sure hope they don't start applying the same reasoning to drivers for old-ish devices. Some of us do not rush out and acquire the latest/greatest whiz-giz every few months just because it's available.
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