From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 21 11: 3:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebsd.jazz-sax.com (adsl-64-163-65-116.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.65.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64BB37B401 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 11:03:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from jazz-sax.com (adsl-64-163-65-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.65.114]) by freebsd.jazz-sax.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f0LJ2pv46411; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 11:02:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ericdano@jazz-sax.com) Message-ID: <3A6B3279.2429ACFE@jazz-sax.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 11:03:21 -0800 From: Eric Dannewitz Reply-To: ericdano@jazz-sax.com Organization: Jazz-Sax X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: carlds@attglobal.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for FTP Sites References: <3A6A866F.BD1C898A@attglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, but you forget that a lot of people still have dialups. Also, once you have Version X installed, you don't usually need EVERYTHING from the next version. You can update your system using CVSup or something similar. There are also ISO images of the CD Rom that you can download too......... Carl Speare wrote: > With the advent of DSL and such, wouldn't it make sense to also have a > tar/gzip of the full releases? > > For example, it would be nice to be able to download freebsd-4.2.tar.gz > in one huge shot, instead of having to recurse through numerous > directories with wget or such in order to download the latest version. > > (Though I also do buy regular versions, and am a supporting member...) > > --Carl > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Back up my hard disk? I can't find the reverse switch! Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time flautist(flutist?), macintosher, and often thought to be completely out to lunch. http://www.jazz-sax.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message