From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 4 18:24:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA10805 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:24:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA10800 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:24:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.6/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA03517; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:24:12 -0700 (PDT) To: Warner Losh cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install idea/feedback In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 Aug 1997 17:03:11 MDT." Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 18:24:12 -0700 Message-ID: <3513.870744252@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 1) When installing from scratch, the partitions should be > mounted async. This will speed installs, especially of > /usr/ports. Already done. > 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 Already done. Install a more up-to-date release. :-) Jordan