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Date:      Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:57:04 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3 floppy system for -current releases
Message-ID:  <3D52E930.495196E7@mindspring.com>
References:  <200208081855.g78ItZ966903@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> <3D52C2DB.F81E78F6@FreeBSD.org>

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Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > But then everyone needs to boot with 3 floppies. With my way, we can
> > hopefully select the optimum so that most people will only need 2
> > floppies, ie the most popular drivers should go on mfsroot.flp.
> 
> Both approaches have its own advantages and disadvantages. IMO, big
> disadvantage of your method is that user needs to know which drivers
> he really wants, which makes installation less fool-prof for novice
> users.

Give feedback on hardware without drivers.  Keep inserting
floppies until there isn't any.

-- Terry

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