From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 15 11:58:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.nyct.net (bsd4.nyct.net [204.141.86.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC75037C010 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:58:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from efutch@nyct.net) Received: from bsd1.nyct.net (efutch@bsd1.nyct.net [204.141.86.3]) by mail.nyct.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA20373 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:58:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from efutch@nyct.net) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:58:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Eric D. Futch" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think people are forgetting that you do not necessarily need to download the entire ISO image in order to make a fresh install of FreeBSD. Back when I started using FreeBSD somewhere around version 2.1, I remember donwloading the boot floppies, then installing the whole deal over FTP, all on a 28.8 modem. When you install via FTP you only have to download what you need and nothing more. Sure this is a pain for installing/upgrading a bunch of machines, since you would be downloading the same things over and over again for each machine. If you have only one machine you're worried about, say a test machine, then install over FTP and if you like it... just buy the CD's :) -- Eric Futch New York Connect.Net, Ltd. efutch@nyct.net Technical Support Staff http://www.nyct.net (212) 293-2620 "Bringing New York The Internet Access It Deserves" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message