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From: Andrew <afrayedknot@thefrayedknot.armory.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] memory stick
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:13:19 -0700
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On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 10:03:50PM +0200, boyd, rounin wrote:
> > I do something similiar with bootable floppy disks, just stick one in
> > and assuming its on the network and has supported hardware off it goes.
>
> did that with 2nd ed, but i'm not gonna wait that long -- sheesh ...
>
> gawd, we'd be better off keying the in the boot loader with the 11/70's
> front panel ...
>
>

id like to see you key in the boot loader in under 30 seconds.
with compressed kernels it really isnt that bad, and when you lack
hard drives to boot from you dont have much coice.