Re: floppy.. Was: Drawing graphics on terminal

From: Leo Bicknell (bicknell_at_ufp.org)
Date: 06/16/03

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:43:59 -0400
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    In a message written on Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 12:37:08PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
    > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Leo Bicknell wrote:
    > > Some of this could be done in the current installer, if there wasn't
    > > an effort to make it still fit on a floppy. Mind you, I'd like to see
    > > the floppy based install stick around for a while, but I think FreeBSD
    > > needs to embrace the CD reality.
    >
    > We have over a thousand machines in teh field with no CD but they do
    > have floppies..
    > we use the floppy when we upgrade.. It's still are requirement as far as
    > I'm concerened :-)

    Oh, absolutely, which is why I said it needs to stick around for a
    while. All I'm saying is it's clear a fancier installer needs more
    space than a floppy can provide, and since PC standards are going
    to a floppy-less PC it seems like making a bootable CD image is the
    way of the future. I don't think anyone argues that, my only
    suggestion is FreeBSD get there sooner rather than later, and do
    that by making a "minimal" install CD, rather than the complete
    CD's available today. Perhaps this can be done with a new GUI based
    installer as well, letting the new "CD-install" run in parallel
    with the "floppy install" for the 2-4 major versions necessary for
    it to be fully baked.

    Another idea is to make a floppy just smart enough to load the installer
    over the network, since PC's generally have more memory these days... 

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