Re: NetBSD Guide: Issues with Chapter 2

Michael Siegel <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Jul 2020 20:31:14 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.documentation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 18.07.20 um 16:50 schrieb Martin Husemann:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 04:16:18PM +0200, Michael Siegel wrote:
>> The reason for this is that a user will only use one installation medium
>> at a time to set up NetBSD.
> 
> For many architectures that is true, but originaly (and on some architectures
> still) you may need multiple floppies (not sure we ever needed more than
> one tape).

Fair point.

> But I guess the very few affected users would not care too much about this
> type of language details.

Agreed. I mean, you'd still choose one (type of) medium out of either
CD/DVD, USB thing, floppy, or tape.