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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Q: Non-SCSI CD-ROM drives w/ FreeBSD Date: 18 Nov 1994 02:05:10 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3ah24m$rlo@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <kientzleCzC0J3.5ox@netcom.com> <3aep2e$a3e@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <kientzleCzFGvF.2Dw@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <kientzleCzFGvF.2Dw@netcom.com>, <kientzle@netcom.com> wrote: >In article <3aep2e$a3e@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, >Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: >>In article <kientzleCzC0J3.5ox@netcom.com>, <kientzle@netcom.com> wrote: >>> Or, should I save pennies for six months so I can get a SCSI CD-ROM? >>Yes. > >So downloading floppies by modem and building FreeBSD via that route >is less painful than putting up with a slow CD-ROM drive? Do you want a short-term solution or the long-term solution? Installing FreeBSD happens *once* (hopefully). Buying a CD-ROM means having to keep that CD-ROM for a long time (or buy another one because the previous one is incapable of doing what you'd like it to do at some point.) Downloading FreeBSD or floppy shuffling is a pain that is quickly relieved, but having a slow CD-ROM when a good one was almost in your hands that you have to use on a regular basis is a much bigger pain. Temporary satisfaction or long-term satisfaction, it's your choice. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.