Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:10:26 -0500 From: Jeff Palmer <jeff@rexdb.com> To: Bachilo Dmitry <root@solink.ru>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 on DVD Message-ID: <47A33662.6000002@rexdb.com> In-Reply-To: <200802011537.53078.root@solink.ru>
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Bachilo Dmitry wrote: > Good day, everybody. > As far as I know there will be now 3 installation CDs for FreeBSD 7.0, I > wonder, isn't it a time to begin making the FreeBSD installation DVDs. Sinse > most people already have this drive anyway, why not make the DVD al least as > an option? It would so ease the install process, which now require to change > the CDs making the autoinstall impossible. > > What do I understand wrong? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > !DSPAM:8,47a2edb522631220317355! > Personally, I think the DVD would be a huge waste of resources. Most people only need the bootonly or disk 1. You are talking about 650 megs vs. (possibly) 1.5 gigs. That is a significant bandwidth difference. Some OS's *require* that you download multiple CD's for a typical install.. for those projects, DVD media just makes sense. for freebsd, it doesn't. The above is, of course, my own opinion. Jeffhome | help
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