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Author: Olaf Meeuwissen
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To: g4sra
CC: dng\@lists.dyne.org
Subject: Re: [DNG] Rant: was fresh install of chimaera on an Ultrabook - no touchpad
Hi g4sra,

g4sra via Dng writes:

> <--snip-->
> This is why Devuan's installer will ask\prompt you to insert additional installation media such as a USB stick.
> There are just too many Gigabytes of Drivers required to satisfy every corner case, put the drivers your quirky hardware requires on a USB stick and use it when prompted!
> I do not ever want to have to install an OS from 31 removable media's ever again! (Windows NT anybody?)._______________________________________________


Me waxes nostalgic and remembers installing Debian from 12 floppies ;-)
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