From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 17 13:10:10 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F8737B41D for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:10:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail12.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC7C043E4A for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 24218 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2002 21:10:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail12.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 17 Dec 2002 21:10:10 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBHLA1UT013246; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:10:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6100BCEB85F8E244959C756C04E0EDD161CC1F@otcexc01.otc.adaptec.com> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:10:01 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: "Long, Scott" Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "David E. O'Brien" , Nate Lawson Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 <>< 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