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Re: [Freedos-user] fdupdate
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From: Mark B. <euf...@ya...> - 2012-06-28 22:07:39
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just about the floppy diskette thing, floppydisk.com sells usb 2.0 diskette drives that plug-and-play auto-recognize and auto-mount, even under my windows 7 64-bit ultimate system. they're advertised as used, but mine that they sent were new. and naturally they sell floppy diskettes for a pretty good price. there's substantial support commercially for using floppies, you just have to find it. ........................................ euf...@ya... euf...@ya... euf...@ya... euf...@ya... euf...@ya... ........................................ >________________________________ > From: Rugxulo <ru...@gm...> >To: fre...@li... >Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:31 PM >Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] fdupdate > >Hi, > >On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Marco Achury <mar...@gm...> wrote: >> >> I think "official" freedos release must be just 2 or 3 "floppies", as MSDOS >> was >> Boot system + basic drivers and tools (and both, cdrom and floppy image are >> required). > >Well, depends on how simplistic you want to make it. I personally >would rather have a liveCD than "install only", but then again, it's a >lot more work, much much more. > >Just deciding what to put on the floppies is half the job, then >deciding how the heck to cram it on in is the other half! > >And it's hard to update and regenerate everything. I guess Linux >distros have things more streamlined, they can generate and rebuild on >the fly. We don't have any fancy build servers or scripts (that I know >of, anyways). > >> No package manager needed for this "base system" > >Assuming someone keeps it updated, which may not always happen! > >> Aditional to this, the community or any interested user can release cdroms >> with >> software collections. Such collections may include a package manager or a >> centralized install menu but is not required. > >Right, but it's always a lot of work, a lot to keep track of. > >> Simpler to understand and mantain. Any person will install only the apps >> really need, and the install or update of "base system" is simple and quick > >I guess the desire is low due to real gurus already doing it manually. >Others probably can't be bothered with the tedium, arcane knowledge, >lots of testing, etc. > >P.S. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, just tedious, somewhat >complicated, exhausting without some more volunteers, hard to decide >what to put where and how. Plus, honestly, you'll get no sympathy for >floppies anymore. That alone is probably the weakest idea (though I'm >not totally opposed). And hardware changes so fast, sometimes I wonder >if it's worth it. Bah. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Live Security Virtual Conference >Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >_______________________________________________ >Freedos-user mailing list >Fre...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > |
