From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Mar 20 21:46:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from dominik.saargate.de (ich.mag.frau.trapp.nonsensss.de [212.88.133.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047C937BE97 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 21:46:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from domi@saargate.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dominik.saargate.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA24700; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:43:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from domi@saargate.de) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:43:40 +0100 (CET) From: Dominik Brettnacher To: "spork@super-g.com" Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, spork@super-g.com wrote: > >> Why do you want to use large flat files instead of a file system? The > >> Ports Collection also works fine with lots of little files. I think > >little > >> files are easier to maintain. > Ever unpack ports? It takes forever on the fastest machines. The last > install I did, I think it took longer to install ports than the rest of > the OS... That's why I install the Ports Collection in background after having installed FreeBSD. FreeBSD's multitasking is quite good :) -- Dominik - http://www.brettnacher.org/users/dominik/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message