Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:47:29 -0600 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? Message-ID: <4.3.2.20000317114202.00a986e0@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <20000317101252.E404@argon.blackdawn.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003170959150.64060-100000@kronos.alcnet.com> <20000317094637.A404@argon.blackdawn.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003170959150.64060-100000@kronos.alcnet.com>
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At 10:12 AM 3/17/00 -0500, Will Andrews wrote: >On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 10:00:44AM -0500, Kelly Yancey wrote: > > This is all beginning to smell a lot like a FTP install. > >Exactly. Only thing is, an FTP install requires a usable internet >connection on intended box, which is not always available. ;-) Ah, but if it's available one time, then that time would be best spend pulling a local copy, which is much faster using local method (take your pick) to install further systems. This is a catch-22 situation and tinkering around with how the ISO can be had (stripped version or volumed) does nothing to solve. Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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