Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:51:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Cc: jkh@freefall.freebsd.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Don't hit.. Message-ID: <199606111651.SAA21365@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960611105318.19185Q-100000@zap.io.org> from "Brian Tao" at Jun 11, 96 11:05:59 am
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> A clean install of bin+compat21+des+doc+manpages takes about 2 > minutes over 10Mbps Ethernet to a local FTP mirror. Less than 6 > minutes from "insert boot floppy" to "see login: prompt after > rebooting from sysinstall". We're just too damn fast. :) > > The banners would only be readable if installing off a slow > CD-ROM, off floppy or over a PPP connection. How about putting The install method is somehow an indication of the the type of user, and can be used as an hint to select which messages to show. I wouldn't be worried if the install is fast and you get fewer messages. Also, many people also install X+ kernel sources, and those take some time to load. Luigi ==================================================================== Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ ====================================================================
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