Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:22:28 -0400 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements - Final Draft? Message-ID: <20030727202228.GC11351@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20030727200640.GA387@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20030727200640.GA387@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 10:06:42PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2003.07.27 15:27:24 -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> > 4) Directory archive sits in is /pub/FreeBSD.
>
> At least ftp9.freebsd.org doesn't do this... Is it that important, since
> the FreeBSD mirror directory is mentioned in the Handbook?
>
> I can see the benefit for users from having all mirrors having the
> /pub/FreeBSD directory, but some large mirrors might like to subdivide
> their mirrors and it would be a shame to disqualify them on this reason
> alone.
I inherited that requirement from the existing docs so I don't know
exactly what prompted it as a requirement. I *think* it has to
do with sysinstall in install-via-ftp mode but that's just a guess.
Does anyone else know for sure?
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Ken Smith
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