From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 01:13:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E6210656C5 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fred@bsdhost.net) Received: from dos.kaslist.com (dos.kaslist.com [66.160.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA6E8FC13 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fred@bsdhost.net) Received: from dos.kaslist.com [66.160.134.9] by dos.kaslist.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Jb3v5-000EkZ-Fz; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:13:43 -0700 X-Gpg-Fingerprint: A906 101E 2CCD BB18 D7BD 09AE E7EA 02EC 3B48 7EE9 From: Fred C To: illoai@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Gpg-Url: http://fred.velvnet.com/gnupg/3B487EE9.asc References: <200803162003.m2GK3RW2059873@whoweb.com> <200803162102.56212.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Message-Id: <415872FE-D225-46BB-955B-734BD97CCADE@bsdhost.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:13:40 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Mel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not a DVD iso version too? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:13:45 -0000 On Mar 16, 2008, at 1:20 PM, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 16/03/2008, Mel wrote: >> On Sunday 16 March 2008 21:03:27 Incoming Mail List wrote: >> >>> I think I can answer this one. Perhaps, not enough disk space? >>> See, >>> the "Where is packages-6.2-release" for more context. You know, >>> disk >>> space isn't infinite...uh-huh. >> >> Easy to bitch, ain't it? >> Make an iso-dvd then and provide the space and bandwidth. >> >> I hope they never release a DVD officially, cause it'll mean that >> 80% of >> what's downloaded then will never ever be used, yet it does use up >> the >> bandwidth on every new release. Stick to windows if you believe >> that's a >> proper use of resources. > > How many iterations of: > "I just downloadededed all 4 iso's(sic) and the > bootonly, which one do I need to do a nef tea pee > install?" Ok you do that maybe once or twice but you quickly understand that you don't really need the CD2 and CD3. Also some people like to collect. They have shelves with all the releases from from Unix V3, but I am sure this is not the majority. Save the bandwith! -fred- -- Fred C! PGP-KeyID: E7EA02EC3B487EE9 PGP-FingerPrint: A906101E2CCDBB18D7BD09AEE7EA02EC3B487EE9