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Date:      Thu, 01 Apr 1999 20:05:52 -0800
From:      "Edward K. Lee" <eklee@pa.dec.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freeBSD tar files?
Message-ID:  <37044220.F148BC1E@pa.dec.com>
References:  <370431D4.25B344F5@pa.dec.com> <19990402132028.T413@lemis.com> <37043FCB.813304C7@pa.dec.com> <19990402133126.X413@lemis.com>

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Sure,

I'd just like a convenient way to download the full distribution, whether it's
one big compressed tar file, or pieces of a tar file in one directory.  That
way, I can put the distribution on a local server and quickly install FreeBSD on
all the PC's that I want off of that local server.

Thanks,
Ed 

Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> > It would be convenient if there were a directory with all the
> > chunks, that is, bin.??, src.?? etc. so that you could just do one
> > big mget.  Folks who only want the base distribution could do an
> > mget bin.*.
> 
> Yes, I suppose so.  Do you want to enter a PR?
>


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