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From: neepc@solomon.technet.sg (Nee Pai Chee)
Subject: Re: A case for QIC-80
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Stefanos Kaxiras (kaxiras@falcons.cs.wisc.edu) wrote:

: 1) Ftp it, buy a hundred floppies, download it on them, move  them
: on my PC and install it. Or buy the distribution on floppies and install it.

Just a correction: 'hundred floppies' is not correct!
	kernel and file system : 3 floppies
	bin distribution       : 14 floppies
	XFree86 1.3u1          : around 10 floppies

In fact, after the kernel and file system (3 floppies), you can ftp the rest
directly into the system and install.  You don't need floppy any more.
I have installed the system (with XFree86) in less then 30 floppies.