Re: I want to buy OpenBSD CDs from OpenBSD.org.

From: Dave Uhring (daveuhring_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 06:54:11 -0500

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:58:27 -0400, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> (O.K. -- one benefit to buying the CD-ROMs aside from the
> feeling of doing right is that you can boot the CDs you purchase. If
> you download everything, and build your own CDs, you will have to boot
> from a floppy to install.

Pure nonsense! The CD bootblocks are included in the download. *You*
need to learn how to make a bootable CD.

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