Re: Suggestion to make the floppy names more obvious.

[Aaron Glenn <aaron_(_dot_)_glenn_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:55:06 +0100, Han Boetes <han_(_at_)_mijncomputer_(_dot_)_nl> wrote:
> From http://www.openbsd.org/37.html
> 
> > OpenBSD/i386:
> >
> >      Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD.
> > The OpenBSD/i386 release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not
> > support booting from CD, you will need to create a boot floppy
> > to install from. To create a boot floppy write
> > CD1:3.7/i386/floppy37.fs to a floppy and boot via the floppy
> > drive.
> >
> >       Use CD1:3.7/i386/floppyB37.fs instead for greater scsi
> > controller support, or CD1:3.7/i386/floppyC37.fs for better
> > laptop support.
> 
> Wouldn't it be easier for people if the names were changed like this:
> 
> mv floppyA38.fs floppy_normal_38.fs
> mv floppyB38.fs floppy_scsi_38.fs
> mv floppyC38.fs floppy_laptop_38.fs
> 
> I mean floppy?38 is already 9 chars long and out of proper DOS
> naming ;-)

Has nothing to do with length; this forces people to at least attempt
to read the documentation.

aaron.glenn