Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:23:56 +0100 From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 boot floppies Message-ID: <20060104162356.GA691@bsd.trippelsdorf.de> In-Reply-To: <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com> References: <20060104120024.2556B16A420@hub.freebsd.org> <20060104075019.W36259@roble.com>
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 07:59:08AM -0800, 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. Sure, but the point is that I don't need any kind of burner. > 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. The infrastructure to automatically produce the boot floppies is already there. All that is needed, is the short patch from John to turn it on. BTW I tested the floppies today and everything is working without any problem. -- Markus
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