On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:35:01AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > So, this is something to consider before 5.3. After that, we are > stuck with the consequences of whatever we choose (or don't choose) for > the entire 5.x lifespan. I do not cherish the thought of fighting > floppies for another 2-3 years. I'm happy to work with someone who steps > forward and is committed to maintaining the floppies as they are today. > Otherwise, we need to seriously consider the alternative.
Scott, While it is indeed true that most machines since 1997 will support this CD format, please take in to account: There are lots of machines with no CD drives: "Slimline" machines a la dell/compaq/hp/gateway Many corporate workstations Laptops Machines older than 1997 (this is mostly anything early PII chips and older, of which there are still a lot). Freebsd does work great on old hardware :) I'm sure there are others I can't think of at almost midnight.. :) I understand it is difficult to maintain the floppies. I wish I understood them better :-) Is it not possible to have "ftp install" floppies, which do nothing more than simple FTP installations? -- Avleen Vig Systems Administrator Personal: www.silverwraith.com EFnet: irc.mindspring.com (Earthlink user access only) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"