From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 12 14:09:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA24232 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:09:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA24206 Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA19185; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:53:40 -0700 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:53:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Gary Palmer cc: Mikko Tyolajarvi , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM vs FTP Layout (Was: Intel Endeavor install problems (639K != 640K -> SIG 11)) In-Reply-To: <6117.829337106@palmer.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > Doug White wrote in message ID > : > > Now HOW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CDROM LAYOUT SO WE CAN BUG THE HECK OUT OF > > HIM TO FIX THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL? [intentional all caps] > > Jordan, but the thing is that sysinstall (at least when I worked on > it, back in 2.0.5) worked no matter if it was a CDROM used over FTP or > NFS, as it tried to go into the dists dir and recorded the fact that > it didn't exist (if necessary) for later use... It looks like Jordan > took this functionality out somewhere, possibly in trying to make ftp > install more robust (which is a never ending problem :( ) I personally prefer to be able to mount the CD and install via FTP, NFS, et al. If anything, rearrange ftp.freebsd.org. The CD MUST work; not all of us have access to a CD-equipped Unix box and can build lndir trees to move the appropriate files around, like using a MS-DOG box with novell ftdp, or OS/2. :( Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major