Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:10:01 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Long, Scott" <Scott_Long@adaptec.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <XFMail.20021217161001.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <6100BCEB85F8E244959C756C04E0EDD161CC1F@otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com>
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On 17-Dec-2002 Long, Scott wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nate Lawson [mailto:nate@root.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 1:28 PM >> To: David E. O'Brien >> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org; cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org >> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile >> >> >> On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, David E. O'Brien wrote: >> > obrien 2002/12/17 12:19:37 PST >> > >> > Modified files: >> > release Makefile >> > Log: >> > Split files into 1.44MB chunks rather than a tiny, >> high-ftp overhead size. >> >> It's hard to remember why that size was chosen. I think it >> was to fit on >> 320 KB 5.25" floppies as well as be groupable to fit on 720 >> (3) or 1.44 >> (6) floppies. Good to see it go. >> >> -Nate >> > > It was the ideal size for 720k, 1.2M and 1.44M floppies. I > pity anyone who tried to install with only 360k floppies, not > to mention that you would only get 66% utilization out of one. And current's base dist currently needs about 232 such floppies. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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