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Date:      Mon, 05 Oct 1998 16:38:57 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Peter Wallace <pcw@mesanet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Command-line i/f (Re: PicoBSD) 
Message-ID:  <199810052338.QAA00695@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:41:01 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981005132653.24817A-100000@freeby.mesanet.com> 

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> 	Whats the big deal about cramming this onto a single floppy...
> Wouldn't a real embedded FreeBSD application use a small flash drive? The
> smallest chips that we use now are 4 M Bytes and about $12.00, cheaper
> than a floppy drive! 

They don't have mounting screws, nor can you plug them into a standard 
motherboard.  8)

Lots of "embedded" stuff involves an ordinary PC bolted to the inside 
of a big wooden box or similar.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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