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From: Warner Losh <imp@rover.village.org>
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I thought I'd share with you some feedback from the 2.2.1R install
that I did this past weekend.  Maybe these issues have been addressed
in later versions.

	1) When installing from scratch, the partitions should be
	   mounted async.  This will speed installs, especially of
	   /usr/ports.
	2) When ftp fails for some reason, it would be nice if there
	   was a retry mechanism so that you didn't have to start over
	   from scratch.  A friend was installing from a machine on a
	   network that was connected to the internet via a firewall
	   that lost its cookies from time to time.

Other than these issues, the install(s) went great!  Kudos to all who
have worked to make this possible and easy.

Warner