Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:21:35 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD) Subject: Re: OK, so what would YOU like to see on that second CD? Message-ID: <13710.825423695@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:52:03 %2B0700." <199602271155.MAA29670@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
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> > > >> IMHO, the Live FS CD is the only one we need for the present > >> distribution. The install CD is there only because the installation > >> procedures are still geared towards compressed files copied across the > >> net. There's no reason (apart from a little bit of missing software) > >> not to install from the live file system. > > It would be MUCH slower. > > Why? Because the files are all unpacked? Or because of the CD-ROM > speed? Does anybody have any figures? Mostly because of the prohibitive seek times on CDROM. Last I tried it was a factor 7 slower. It's even more now. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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