Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: CD-ROM Drives Keywords: cd-rom Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 06:45:42 GMT References: <1991Jun20.140223.23302@umbc3.umbc.edu> <1991Jun20.200216.5173@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca> <1991Jun20.231036.24324@macc.wisc.edu> <1991Jun21.002247.15086@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 14 emt@leland.Stanford.EDU (Taleff) writes: >Somebody is already saying, "But CD ROM is too slow to boot from." >It is, but [ ... ] It is not. Try booting from a tape drive if you want to see slow. I wouldn't want to boot from a CDROM daily, but for bringing up a new OS release it is great. I agree with you. NeXT, we want CDROM. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.