Subject: Re: Andy the masochist builds a monster...
To: None <rauch@eecs.ukans.edu>
From: Havard Eidnes <he@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/30/2000 11:55:53
> Down with floppy disks!  (^&

Not so fast... ;-)

> Or maybe you'll use some Zip disks to help with installing?
> (NetBSD claims to support the Adaptec ISA 150x SCSI controllers
> (see http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/isa.html for more info), so
> you could presumably use your SCSI controller, SCSI hard drive,
> and SCSI Zip.

While the zip disks can help with the installation, there's a
chance that the SCSI controller doesn't have BIOS support, and
you will thus be unable to boot from it.  This means that you may
need a floppy drive to boot the machine.

Regards,

- H=E5vard