Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 08:59:27 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Paul Robinson <wigstah@akitanet.co.uk> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Arnout Boer <arnout@xs4all.nl>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? Message-ID: <38D2C6DF.4186231B@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003151431580.4176-100000@jake.akitanet.co.uk>
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To ALL PEOPLE complaining about the size:
Paul Robinson wrote:
>
> If you save 20Mb, over a reliable 56Kb modem, you've saved them somewhere
> in the region of one and a half hours... I think you guys are too used to
> your broadband... :)
If you don't want to download 650 Mb, DON'T DOWNLOAD THE ISO IMAGE!!!
Download the two 1.44 Mb floppy disk images, and INSTALL FROM FTP.
You'll get to select what bits you want, and thus save A LOT of time.
Why ISO images, then? Because some people download these images from
work/university, where they have broadband access, to install them at
home. For these people, the darned 20 Mb out of 650 won't matter.
This is a classic case of much ado about nothing. Go take reality check
pills, everyone.
--
Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS)
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dcs@freebsd.org
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