From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 15:26:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DD516A418 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@rexdb.com) Received: from mail.rexdb.com (mail.rexdb.com [216.243.161.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0395813C4E8 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:26:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@rexdb.com) Received: from [192.168.1.30] (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.rexdb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A477179582B; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:10:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47A33662.6000002@rexdb.com> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:10:26 -0500 From: Jeff Palmer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bachilo Dmitry , current@freebsd.org References: <200802011537.53078.root@solink.ru> In-Reply-To: <200802011537.53078.root@solink.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 on DVD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:26:50 -0000 Bachilo Dmitry wrote: > Good day, everybody. > As far as I know there will be now 3 installation CDs for FreeBSD 7.0, I > wonder, isn't it a time to begin making the FreeBSD installation DVDs. Sinse > most people already have this drive anyway, why not make the DVD al least as > an option? It would so ease the install process, which now require to change > the CDs making the autoinstall impossible. > > What do I understand wrong? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > !DSPAM:8,47a2edb522631220317355! > Personally, I think the DVD would be a huge waste of resources. Most people only need the bootonly or disk 1. You are talking about 650 megs vs. (possibly) 1.5 gigs. That is a significant bandwidth difference. Some OS's *require* that you download multiple CD's for a typical install.. for those projects, DVD media just makes sense. for freebsd, it doesn't. The above is, of course, my own opinion. Jeff