From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 27 07:25:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA26133 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 07:25:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from border.com (ns [199.71.190.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA26126 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 07:25:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by janus.border.com id <20481-1>; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:32:27 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:24:32 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall To: John Fieber Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OK, so what would YOU like to see on that second CD? In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <96Feb27.103227est.20481-1@janus.border.com> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, John Fieber wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Jerry Kendall wrote: > > > FWIW: I think the 'live' CD is great... Just gzip all the files that > > are there so that I(and others) can get a files instead of having > > to completely reinstall some package... This is a pain when I will > > not install over an existing installed package... > > No! Not compressed! Then I can't use stuff directly off the CD! > If it is compressed, it ISN'T a "live" CD anymore. > > -john Why not. If you build your kernel to support 'gzip' type executables, it will run them... Hence, you still have your 'live CD'.. Maybe I am missing something....? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any comments or opinions in this message are my own and may or may not reflect the comments or opinions of my present or previous employers. Jerry Kendall Border Network Technologies Inc. System Software Engineer Tel +1-416-368-7157 ext 303 jerry@border.com Fax +1-416-368-7178