From owner-cvs-all Sat Nov 17 5:21:29 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7E737B405; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 05:21:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtpzilla3.xs4all.nl (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id fAHDLH1x014931; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:21:21 +0100 (CET) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAHDLH501116; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:21:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:21:17 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Arnaud S . Launay" Cc: John Baldwin , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha dokern.sh Message-ID: <20011117142117.A1077@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200111161833.fAGIXJN18983@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011117124128.A693@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20011117132715.A7397@profile4u.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011117132715.A7397@profile4u.com>; from asl@launay.org on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:27:15PM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org 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 On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:27:15PM +0100, Arnaud S . Launay wrote: > Le Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 12:41:29PM +0100, Wilko Bulte a écrit: > [snip] > [floppies deletion] > > Comments? > > 2 words: Network Installation. > > I don't think anyone willing to do a net install wants to burn a CD. Then supply a 20MB (or so) ISO image with a bare bones kit (without packages). > More, burning a CD would require downloading all packages; a net > install only requires one to dl 2 floppies, and then to select > the packages he wants. Far less traffic involved. Floppies stink for Alpha install, the stench is increasing with the kernel size (device support) growing. Each time something new is added to the kernel lots of discussion/developer cycles are spent on squeezing the kernel enough to make it fit on the floppy again. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message