From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 17 14:22:32 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B775C37B401; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:22:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from magic.adaptec.com (magic.adaptec.com [208.236.45.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8C243EDE; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:22:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Scott_Long@adaptec.com) Received: from redfish.adaptec.com (redfish.adaptec.com [162.62.50.11]) by magic.adaptec.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBHMLuj13172; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from OTCEXC01.otc.adaptec.com (otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com [10.12.1.27]) by redfish.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA29119; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:21:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <4TQCYHHT>; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:21:54 -0500 Message-ID: <6100BCEB85F8E244959C756C04E0EDD161CC20@otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com> From: "Long, Scott" To: "'Wilko Bulte'" , John Baldwin Cc: "Long, Scott" , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, "David E. O'Brien" , Nate Lawson Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:21:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilko Bulte [mailto:wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 3:08 PM > To: John Baldwin > Cc: Long, Scott; cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG; > cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG; David > E. O'Brien; Nate Lawson > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 04:10:01PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 17-Dec-2002 Long, Scott wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Nate Lawson [mailto:nate@root.org] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 1:28 PM > > >> To: David E. O'Brien > > >> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org; cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org > > >> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile > > >> > > >> > > >> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > >> > obrien 2002/12/17 12:19:37 PST > > >> > > > >> > Modified files: > > >> > release Makefile > > >> > Log: > > >> > Split files into 1.44MB chunks rather than a tiny, > > >> high-ftp overhead size. > > >> > > >> It's hard to remember why that size was chosen. I think it > > >> was to fit on > > >> 320 KB 5.25" floppies as well as be groupable to fit on 720 > > >> (3) or 1.44 > > >> (6) floppies. Good to see it go. > > >> > > >> -Nate > > >> > > > > > > It was the ideal size for 720k, 1.2M and 1.44M floppies. I > > > pity anyone who tried to install with only 360k floppies, not > > > to mention that you would only get 66% utilization out of one. > > > > And current's base dist currently needs about 232 such floppies. > > :) > > 232 *error free* floppies.. Anyways, the size was key because 1.2M floppies were still very popular then. This change effectively makes it impossible to use them for installations. Of course it became impossible to use 1.2M floppies for installs once the boot floppy size was bumped to 1.44M, so this is removes no functionality that wasn't already broken. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message