Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:15:17 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10-RC1 ISO image too big Message-ID: <52AE9A75.9090209@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <20131215105736.51c51073@X220.alogt.com> References: <20131214095001.GV13385@equilibrium.bsdes.net> <52AD0F73.5050905@ShaneWare.Biz> <20131215105736.51c51073@X220.alogt.com>
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On 12/14/2013 6:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: >> Any reason you need cd media? > > it is not the CD media, it is simply the bandwidth needed. There are > many FreeBSD people around this globe which do not have the luck of a > 100MBit/s connection. Every byte which is not on a media counts here. Your argument doesn't make sense. If they need to minimize downloading, they should down the bootonly image and fetch/create packages for the ports they need. Anything else is going to spend bytes downloading things they won't use.
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