From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 8 10:13:48 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA18963 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jun 1995 10:13:48 -0700 Received: from argus.iadfw.net (root@argus.iadfw.net [204.178.72.68]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA18957 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 1995 10:13:46 -0700 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.iadfw.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA01055 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 8 Jun 1995 12:13:43 -0500 From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199506081713.MAA01055@argus.iadfw.net> Subject: net.errors getting ALPHA To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 12:13:42 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1374 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk It was a really bad idea to remove the checksums from all of the dists... We need them back in, as well as for the install process to verify ALL checksums before committing to anything. So far, I have had to get XF86-co.tgz on the order of 5 times. Four times due to net.errors, and once due to a zmodem error. I personally find zmodem a hell of a lot faster than FTP, and would really like to see some minimal term prog with zmodem capabilities built-into the install disk; I really think that this kind of install option would really open up a wider distribution scope [BBS's, downloading from shell accts, etc..]. The increase in bandwidth [zmodem -vs- ftp] would alone make it worthwhile, after all, this is a jump from 80megs to 150megs between the last snap and the alpha [no i'm not complaining, having X sources is a good idea]. Also, you may want to think about splitting up the big files [XF86-*.tgz] into smaller chunks like everything else. This would make a lot of people having net.errors less frustrated when they do get a bad one... Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@argus.iadfw.net, System administrator, Internet America