Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:01:17 +0200 (MET DST) From: Tommy Hallgren <md6tommy@mdstud.chalmers.se> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDROM image Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970918095837.12890B-100000@dali8.mdstud.chalmers.se> In-Reply-To: <19970917202032.WM57415@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > As Tommy Hallgren wrote: > > > I read that the Debian group has made a CDROM image of their release, > > maybe this would be a good idea for the FreeBSD community as well? > > > > The idea is nice, just download the image, burn it, make some floppys and > > reboot. > > What (except the smaller traffic) would it buy you to just download > the boot floppy, and use the FTP installation method? Ftp'ing 650MB using a fast connection is no problem, but doing the ftp'installation at home using 33.6k modem is horror. I'd rather use the fast connection and take a CD home and install from that. You folks keep forgetting that not everyone have a speedy connection at home. Mvh: Tommy
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