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Date:      Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:09:19 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>
Cc:        david_marcantonio@sanger.k12.ca.us, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, qa@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD suggestion 
Message-ID:  <50863.953323759@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:20:52 MST." <14546.19796.641813.519979@hip186.ch.intel.com> 

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There was indeed a reason announced - the ISO images will be up after
everything has been properly tested for a few days.  I can update bits
on an FTP site fairly easily. I can't do the same for 20,000 CDs once
they're in the field.

- Jordan

> 
> [ cd'ed to -qa ]
> 
> [ On Thursday, March 16, David Marcantonio wrote: ]
> > Is it possible to provide FreeBSD in a ISO disk image format on your FTP
> > servers? I noticed RedHat has this option for downloading RedHat Linux.
> > You go to one of their FTP sites and you can find a directory called
> > "iso." After you download it, you can drop it on a CD-ROM burning app
> > and make an image of the CD they sell in stores. I feel this is a great
> > idea to get FreeBSD. If you provide an easy to copy format for beginners
> > of BSD, they won't have to figure out which file goes in what directory,
> > or which file they need. If you creat disk images of your FreeBSD,
> > someone with a quick connection can download it and have their own ready
> > to go copy of FreeBSD. This way, you'll get more novice BSD users to
> > install it. Just thought I might suggest that piece of info with you.
> 
> we have been uploading the first disk of the Walnut creek 4-disc set since
> about FreeBSD 3.3 (maybe earilier, maybe 3.4, my memory back that far is fuzz
y
> :). You will find ISO's here:
> 
>  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/
>  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/ISO-IMAGES/
> 
> it just so happens that the 4.0-RELEASE ISO images are for some reason,
> MIAWNARW (missing in action with no announced reason why :) right now ...
> 
> -Jr
> 
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