From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 15 13:33:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns.internet.dk (ns.internet.dk [194.19.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FBAA37BE70 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:33:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by ns.internet.dk (8.9.2/8.9.3) with UUCP id WAA67753; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:33:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Received: from gina (gina.neland.dk [192.168.0.14]) by arnold.neland.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA88235; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:32:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Message-ID: <00cf01bf8ec6$027d5420$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> Reply-To: "Leif Neland" From: "Leif Neland" To: "Eric D. Futch" , References: Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:20:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Eric D. Futch" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? > 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. =20 Then download the individual parts (eg bin.aa to bin.bf) and then = install from a local ftp-server. Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message