From owner-cvs-all Thu Dec 19 9:44: 3 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 2372937B406 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:44:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail14.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D089543EDA for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:44:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 8053 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2002 17:44:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail14.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 19 Dec 2002 17:44:04 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBJHhwUT018907; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:43:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021219002636.GA99816@regency.nsu.ru> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:43:57 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Alexey Dokuchaev Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, "David E. O'Brien" , Nate Lawson 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 19-Dec-2002 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 12:27:44PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: >> 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. > > AFAIK, 200K made it possible to fit pretty well on both 1.2M 5.25" DS/HD > floppies (4 of them) and 1.44M 3.5" DS/HD (5 of them). Making chunks > 1.44M would break ability to install from 1.2M diskettes. I'd rather > prefer leave it as it was (200K). People are going to install FreeBSD using 5.25" floppies? Our boot floppies don't fit on those disks, so you wouldn't be able to boot in the first place. Secondly, you would need 232 / 4 = 58 good floppies. :) When installing my alpha from CD, having the bits broke up actually results in poorer performance. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message