Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:30:17 -0800 From: Avleen Vig <lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Greg Shenaut <greg@bogslab.ucdavis.edu> Subject: Re: Discussion on the future of floppies in 5.x and 6.x Message-ID: <20040109043017.GM53429@silverwraith.com> In-Reply-To: <200401091404.34083.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200401082334.i08NYMx86020@thistle.bogs.org> <200401091404.34083.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:04:34PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > *How* does it support all of those sources? > CD/DVD drives need drivers (ATA optimisticly, but quite possibly SCSI), > FTP/NFS need network card support, NFS needs nfsclient.ko > ie this is the exact problem it has now :) > You could save a little space with your idea because you wouldn't need > sysinstall which is admittedly quite large, but it wouldn't address the > fundamental issue. > If you want floppy installs you need a way of putting arbitary drivers onto > floppy disks easily so users can grab what they need and use it instead of > having to second guess what sort of hardware they are likely to be using. > IMHO of course 8-) Now you've got me thinking. A simple website which lets you choose what drivers you want (anyone seen the .muttrc config page? :) That should be really easy to do with a little perl CGI. I might take a crack at this in the next week or so. -- Avleen Vig Systems Administrator Personal: www.silverwraith.com EFnet: irc.mindspring.com (Earthlink user access only)
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