Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:23:41 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Subject: Re: AMD64 boot floppies Message-ID: <200601041123.42453.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com> References: <20060104120024.2556B16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com>
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On Wednesday 04 January 2006 10:59 am, Roger Marquis wrote: > Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > When I upgraded my old Celeron box a year ago, I had to buy a CDROM > > burner, so that I could burn the install CD for my new machine. Since > > than it is sitting idle in its slot. > > You could also have purchased a USB-CD-RW or USB-DVD-RW. > > The problem with floppies is their A) tendency to develop bad > sectors, and B) increasing rarity. The lines of code needed for a > boot floppy would be much better spent on other bootable media, > Flash, DVD, etc, all of which would have larger and more > appreciative audiences. There isn't any code needed however. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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