Subject: Re: Switching i386/amd64 to native CD-based installation?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org, port-amd64@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 06/27/2005 16:22:40
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 10:49:39PM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> Will anybody be unhappy if i386/amd64 distributions are switched to
> native CD-ROM based installation from the current floppy emulation
> based?

amd64 is a new enough platform that native CD-ROM installation makes
sense.  all existing amd64 systems without CD-ROM can be netbooted, yes?

i386 is a different issue.  there are plenty of existing systems which
can only be booted from floppy since the BIOS is too brain-dead to boot
from CD-ROM.  maybe NetBSD wants to drop support for these old systems?

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com