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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:9930 comp.os.linux.development:9198 comp.os.minix:23764 comp.os.mach:3831 comp.periphs:5522 comp.unix.bsd:13976 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6312 comp.os.386bsd.development:2131 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5429 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sgiblab!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ai-lab!life.ai.mit.edu!bson From: bson@moomin.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Subject: Re: [Announcement] 386BSD Release 1.0 Date: 10 May 1994 11:05:35 GMT Organization: nope Lines: 28 Message-ID: <BSON.94May10060535@moomin.ai.mit.edu> References: <hastyCpE6Fq.5xF@netcom.com> <RICHK.94May6150902@netcom6.netcom.com> <BSON.94May9032234@moomin.ai.mit.edu> <CpJErK.u2@calcite.rhyolite.com> Reply-To: bson@ai.mit.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: moomin.ai.mit.edu In-reply-to: vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com's message of Mon, 9 May 1994 13:28:32 GMT In article <CpJErK.u2@calcite.rhyolite.com> vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com (Vernon Schryver) writes: > You do have a point this boot switching facility of the 1542C makes > the reports that 386BSD 1.0 can be booted from CDROM less ridiculous. > It is of use only when you've lost the boot floppy. As I wrote > before, if I were to pay $100 (instead of the going rate of $25-50) > for a UNIX CDROM that costs $2 to print, I'd expect the vendor to > provide miniroot boot floppies, if only to save me the time (and > likely human errors) of messing with my SCSI adapter's configuration. $100 for a Unix is *cheap*, if it's good; expensive, if it's poor. I personally don't think 386BSD is worth $100, unless it has undergone major changes since I last saw it. I would expect any OS distribution to come with both a stand-alone bootable CD-ROM (if doable), and a CD boot floppy. I have no opinion on whether distributing bootable CDs only is a good idea, since I don't know how many existing SCSI adapters and IDE CD drive interface cards would be able to boot from it. I'm sure some can't and some can. It's not my revenue, so why should I care? I'll leave the profit or loss to those who invest in this. Presumably, they've tried it on a number of configurations -- if they haven't, then it's their loss, not mine. -- -- Jan Brittenson bson@ai.mit.edu