Re: Do we really care how many floppies are in the base?
> Think about it: admin mirrors ftp.debian.org on the site NFS server,
> or mounts the CD-ROM on it. Admin now wants to install Debian on a
> dozen PC's, but has to carry 6 floppies around to all of them !
Bruce wrote:
> Mine has a pre-written boot floppy and requires an unformatted floppy that
> you supply. This will appear in the Debian Catalog when I am ready to take
Think about it yourself, Ian! If Bruce supplies a single boot floppy
with a network kernel and the needed network programs (which are what,
ifconfig, route, and mount?) on it, we can do NFS without carrying
around floppies. Am I misinterpreting Bruce?
> Telling the admin to make sure that each of the dozen workstations has
> a CD-ROM drive that probably won't be used for anything else is
> ridiculous.
Geez, you guys have got to relax a bit before you respond. I was
pointing out that Bruce's CDROM solution is going to be what lots of
places choose. We're only a 300 student college and _we_ have a NFS
mountable CDROM.
Jim
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