Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:42:43 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>, "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>, FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003171140510.41802-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20000317101252.E404@argon.blackdawn.com>
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Will Andrews wrote:
> Exactly. Only thing is, an FTP install requires a usable internet
> connection on intended box, which is not always available. ;-)
No it doesn't.
Download the binary installation files onto another machine, and burn a CD
with them (you must have a mechanism to burn a CD if you were intending to
burn an ISO image of one). Then use this CD as the media to get the
distribution bits from.
Kris
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