What Arch does and other distros don't

You know, there's one thing I really like about Arch, which I think isn't noted all that much: this distro actually lets you do an FTP install with floppies! Really, how many other distros let you do that? Not bloody many. This may not sound like a bit issue, I know, but it's definitely a plus for those of us who don't have CD burners and don't feel like waiting 3 weeks to get a CD mailed to us.
So, to the Arch devs: thank you very, very much for giving us folk in the world of outdated hardware a way to do installs with ease and convenience!

Gullible Jones wrote:this distro actually lets you do an FTP install with floppies!
I just recently read a usenet post where someone wanted to install Linux on his old laptop, which had just a floppy drive, and couldn't boot from external cd. This is where floppy+ftp installation becomes handy. But the problem with these cases is that the old machines may not be i686.
So, floppy+ftp install is a nice feature, but I reckon it's rarely needed with a machine with i686 processor...

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