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Date:      Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:15:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Matt Heckaman <matt@LUCIDA.CA>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: using stable vs clean from CD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103081313470.665-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20010308174617.B48727@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, j mckitrick wrote:
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: You mean from CD?  Or floppy?  I never tried installing with floppies and a
: dialup connection because of (a) the time involved and (b) I didn't know how
: well this would work with a laptop and PCMCIA cards.

CD :) I grab the ISO every time it comes out. I'm on 2.5 Mb DSL though, so
it's convienent for me to do so... I generally buy for every *major*
release though, it depends on my cash flow at the moment. :P

..
: I like that approach more and more.  I can't see the advantage in NOT
: doing this, unless it's some mission-critical app that *absolutely*
: cannot be shut down.

Yep. I'm talking about my personal workstation here, nothing mission
critical about it. Otherwise it would be a very careful situation. :)

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