On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:05:14AM -0700 I heard the voice of > Scott Long, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > For 5.x we already have a 3rd floppy that is dedicated to modules. > > Unfortunately, it doesn't work nearly as well as it should because there > > is no way to activate it during the boot sequence; it can only be used > > once sysinstall is running. Also, it too is nearly overflowing. > > Well, that's why I suggest more. Have a "network cards" floppy, and a > "mass storage devices" floppy, etc. We should be able to fit the > half-dozen most common network cards, the ata drivers, and a half dozen > of the more common SCSI drivers on the boot kernel. That'll get us far > enough to be able to load the drivers off the other disks, as well as > install with just that on many systems. > > It won't necessarily be the prettiest process, but I'm in favor of > letting the floppies be a bit ugly, or even explicitly moving them to > "experienced users only" status. I just find them far too convenient, as > well as ubiquitous, to see them sent into the Great Bitbucket In The Sky > yet. > > If somebody wants "pretty" and "not have to fudge around to find the > driver to load for my RAID controller", THEN let 'em download the CD :) >
Well, regardless of how you label it, these floppies still require lots of care and feeding in order to work. We currently have no way to support multiple floppies in a convenient way. This can be fixed in a variety of ways that range from fragile hacks to wonderful designs, but it still requires someone to put forth the effort. My offer for a 'floppy maintainer' is quite sincere; I hope that someone takes an interest and steps up to the challenge. Scott _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
