Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 18:48:36 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <4.1.19990302184645.00c56630@localhost> In-Reply-To: <36DC8D70.B7780F9F@newsguy.com> References: <4.1.19990302132445.040f6d40@localhost> <4.1.19990302134418.00a12530@localhost>
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At 10:16 AM 3/3/99 +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >Brett Glass wrote: >> >> Well, we all know that Jordan worked long and hard on the install >> code and did all sorts of tricks to keep it to one floppy. >> Nonetheless, I think that this is an important selling point. >> Also, from a technical standpoint, there's no reason why a single >> floppy can't reach out to the installation media and bring in any >> code that won't fit. This may well be an opportunity to leapfrog >> Linux once again. > >True enough. As the boot disks move to a PicoBSD-based solution, and >support for kld increases, it might be viable for network installs >(given the widespread boot capability of cd-roms nowadays, this >might not have much demand on cd-rom installs). > >But people will have to work to make it happen. It has so many advantages that those now working on the install should jump at the idea. It makes their lives easier, as they can generate one boot disk that covers LOTS of releases. Once it works, they don't have to change it except to add new NIC drivers now and then. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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