Re: [Etherboot-developers] Rom-o-matic feature request
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From: <ja...@Mc...> - 2003-08-23 13:36:33
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Marty Connor wrote:
> On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 07:17 PM, Marty Connor wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Paolo Salvan wrote:
> >> The new etherboot should allow to build auto-detecting floppy
> >> ("etherboot", "etherboot-pci"); can this feature be usable also from
> >> the
> >> rom-o-matic web site?
>
> > Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, and I'll see what my staff thinks
> > of it.
I just figured you were talking about Pete :)
Keep up the great work Marty.
Jim.
>
> I should have put a big smiley :) behind that. Or better a wink ;)
>
> Lest people actually think there is a department of people here working
> on Etherboot, rather than a globally distributed dedicated group of
> professionals who give of their copious free time to support Free
> Software and make the world a better place (as well as work on a really
> cool project! ;)
>
> I was just writing to Ken:
>
> "... When I do the LinuxWorld shows, knowing that there are people in
> the world who respect and depend on Etherboot is a great source of
> comfort and strength. I missed the mingling and non-directed thinking I
> used to do before at shows. But being in the booth and making direct
> contact with our "customers" is such an important thing that even after
> 3 years and six shows, I always look forward to the next one, and what
> improvements we can bring to the table. "
>
> I probably should write more. I often find email (and writing in
> general) a dissatisfyingly uni-dimensionsal half-duplex, and
> unexpressive medium, in general. But it is what it is, and I do my best
> with it. It has its good points too.
>
> As a wrap-up to LinuxWorld Expo (pictures at http://www.thinguin.org/ )
> I'd like to thank everyone who is associated with the Etherboot project
> for your support. I'd like to thank Markus for taking time from work to
> help in the booth and hack on the http: download stuff. So many people
> come up to the booth and say nice things about us. BIOS vendors are
> getting interested in adding Etherboot as an option. I need to
> follow-up with them.
>
> In the four years I have been helping with Etherboot, we've seen some
> really excellent things happen, and it's worth checking out
> http://www.etherboot.org/doc/html/userman/acknowledgements.html to see
> all the people who have given a little (or much more) of themselves to
> make Etherboot as useful as it is.
>
> Ken is good at modestly thanking others, but let me say that the last
> four years of Etherboot hacking have been a great privilege, and
> hopefully, people appreciate both the code and the sense of fun.
>
> Thanks to everyone, and I can't wait to see what we come up with next!
>
> Marty
>
>
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