From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 17 12:43:39 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E10237B401; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:43:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from magic.adaptec.com (magic.adaptec.com [208.236.45.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE3243EB2; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:43:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Scott_Long@adaptec.com) Received: from redfish.adaptec.com (redfish.adaptec.com [162.62.50.11]) by magic.adaptec.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBHKhWj25333; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:43:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from OTCEXC01.otc.adaptec.com (otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com [10.12.1.27]) by redfish.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09128; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:43:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <4TQCYHFD>; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:43:30 -0500 Message-ID: <6100BCEB85F8E244959C756C04E0EDD161CC1F@otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com> From: "Long, Scott" To: "'Nate Lawson'" , "David E. O'Brien" Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:43:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Nate Lawson [mailto:nate@root.org] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 1:28 PM > To: David E. O'Brien > Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org; cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile > > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > obrien 2002/12/17 12:19:37 PST > > > > Modified files: > > release Makefile > > Log: > > Split files into 1.44MB chunks rather than a tiny, > high-ftp overhead size. > > It's hard to remember why that size was chosen. I think it > was to fit on > 320 KB 5.25" floppies as well as be groupable to fit on 720 > (3) or 1.44 > (6) floppies. Good to see it go. > > -Nate > It was the ideal size for 720k, 1.2M and 1.44M floppies. I pity anyone who tried to install with only 360k floppies, not to mention that you would only get 66% utilization out of one. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message