Subject: Re: boot floppies?
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
From: Michael K. Sanders <msanders@confusion.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 09/10/2001 19:43:23
eeh@netbsd.org writes:
>Sun does not support booting from floppy, many machines cannot boot
>from floppy, and it's difficult to fit 12+ MB of kernel onto a 
>1.44MB floppy.

So use more than one.  The kernel in kern.tgz from the latest snapshot
looks like it would fit on two disks.  I understand why it might not
be a priority, but it would be convenient to have for systems that
support it.   

Which machines can and can't boot from floppy?

:: Mike ::