Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 01:27:22 +0000 From: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is there no mini-iso any more? Message-ID: <20050606012722.GA17150@gremlin.foo.is> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEKKFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEDNHGAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEKKFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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I'm not a dialup user, I have actually had 2Mb or more bandwidth everywhere I've been for the past 2 years. I just never had any reason to download the full ISOs because the mini had all I needed, and ports took care of the rest. I usually use ftp install but there are times that I am installing on machines that don't have a network connection supported by the installation, hence the need to make a CD and install from that. Baldur On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 03:50:04PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > Download the floppies then do an install from FTP while dialed in, > no need to bother with an ISO. > > Ted > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of fbsd_user > >Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:21 AM > >To: Baldur Gislason; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: RE: Why is there no mini-iso any more? > > > > > >Some dingdong in the release build team took it upon himself to > >decide that it was no longer necessary and left it out in 5.4. Check > >the questions list archives for more details if you need them. A PR > >was submitted about this and the normal typical response was given > >that this is a voluntary maintainer group and you get what they what > >to give you, and if you don't like it then use something else. Sure > >is a very poor attitude to be showing toward the dialup users who > >regular use the mini.iso because its small size is quick to download > >over dialup connection. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Baldur > >Gislason > >Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:02 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Why is there no mini-iso any more? > > > > > >I was wondering why the latest releases don't have a mini iso? (An > >iso with only base installation, no extra packages) > > > >Baldur > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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