Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:28:08 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements - Final Draft? Message-ID: <20030728142808.GB849@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030727202228.GC11351@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20030727200640.GA387@FreeBSD.org> <20030727202228.GC11351@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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--PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003.07.27 16:22:28 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 10:06:42PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > On 2003.07.27 15:27:24 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > > > 4) Directory archive sits in is /pub/FreeBSD. > >=20 > > At least ftp9.freebsd.org doesn't do this... Is it that important, since > > the FreeBSD mirror directory is mentioned in the Handbook? > >=20 > > I can see the benefit for users from having all mirrors having the > > /pub/FreeBSD directory, but some large mirrors might like to subdivide > > their mirrors and it would be a shame to disqualify them on this reason > > alone. >=20 > I inherited that requirement from the existing docs so I don't know > exactly what prompted it as a requirement. I *think* it has to > do with sysinstall in install-via-ftp mode but that's just a guess. > Does anyone else know for sure? I just did a quick check in the sysinstall source, and it appears like you are right. From what I can see sysinstall does require the files to be in pub/FreeBSD... Sorry about the noice. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen New PGP key 0x27359A51 Fingerprint: 912B F341 7E90 2049 05B4 3800 87DA 5C0D 2735 9A51 --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/JTL4h9pcDSc1mlERArVBAKCxAd2MGQ0KCferg+yImWbhO0Nt0QCffLfh cFXFbdI/XEU283fOxqEukws= =Z/1/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PmA2V3Z32TCmWXqI--
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