On Fri Dec 10 1999 at 20:37:08 -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:

>  > >    * Installation from floppy, CD, disk, tape, NFS, FTP, ...
>  > 
>  > The FreeBSD install used to only require one floppy, the rest could be done
>  > over a dial-up connection.  Now FreeBSD requires two floppies, but it will
>  > still work over a dial-up or plain serial connection.
> 
> Does it still require just one floppy?  Or does it require the CD-ROM now?

Last I tried FreeBSD required three floppies, although I'm not sure were
all actually used. NetBSD(/i386) requiring only one floppy is a huge win
at least for me. I can't seem to locate two working floppies in the same
city there days.

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