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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 04:20:59 -0500 (EST)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
cc: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 2.1 release sysinstall 
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On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > Given that the current sysinstall has a list of FreeBSD mirror sites 
> > from where one can do a net install, shouldn't net install be able to pick 
> > a site based on net response to do the site sites and load on the 
> > target system?
> 
> Uh.  I can't parse this?
>
	I think that what he's asking for is that sysinstall pings each
one in the list to automatically find the closest, or at least fastest,
site nearest to him...


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