Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:44:50 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Jeff Palmer <jeff@rexdb.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 on DVD Message-ID: <6FEDAC81-9F17-4D9C-9BB9-5E33CE10D0DA@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <47A33662.6000002@rexdb.com> References: <200802011537.53078.root@solink.ru> <47A33662.6000002@rexdb.com>
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On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Jeff Palmer wrote: > Personally, I think the DVD would be a huge waste of resources. > Most people only need the bootonly or disk 1. You are talking about > 650 megs vs. (possibly) 1.5 gigs. That is a significant bandwidth > difference. Some OS's *require* that you download multiple CD's for > a typical install.. for those projects, DVD media just makes sense. > for freebsd, it doesn't. +1. If you can get away with the LiveCD, go for it. Only if one has a lossy or junk net connection at the site would I think the DVD media be a good idea (apart from what's mentioned above). As suggested by others, scripts which produce DVD images, and hence are burnable to DVDs, would be a lot more beneficial to end-users such as yourself. -Garrett
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