From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 27 04:21:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA14201 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 04:21:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA14196 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 04:21:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0trOPQ-0003vtC; Tue, 27 Feb 96 04:21 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA13712; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:21:36 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Greg Lehey cc: hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD) Subject: Re: OK, so what would YOU like to see on that second CD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:52:03 +0700." <199602271155.MAA29670@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:21:35 +0100 Message-ID: <13710.825423695@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > >> IMHO, the Live FS CD is the only one we need for the present > >> distribution. The install CD is there only because the installation > >> procedures are still geared towards compressed files copied across the > >> net. There's no reason (apart from a little bit of missing software) > >> not to install from the live file system. > > It would be MUCH slower. > > Why? Because the files are all unpacked? Or because of the CD-ROM > speed? Does anybody have any figures? Mostly because of the prohibitive seek times on CDROM. Last I tried it was a factor 7 slower. It's even more now. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.