Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:53:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM vs FTP Layout (Was: Intel Endeavor install problems (639K != 640K -> SIG 11)) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960412145043.19145A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <6117.829337106@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > Doug White wrote in message ID > <Pine.BSF.3.91.960412115019.17713Q-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>: > > 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
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