Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 00:54:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some thoughts and ideas, and quirks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804005055.1311D-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199708040744.RAA20987@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > It could just be that the bindist is compressed more, and your output > stream is the limiting factor. If you're using an IDE disk and a > moderately fast CPU this is not unrealistic. But I'm not. I'm using a 2940UW with a few average drives on a p166. But speed did vary wildly sometimes anyways. > Speaking as someone that's had to download the bindist over a slow and > unreliable link far too many times without the benefit of ftp reget, > the small files are a huge bonus. That's exactly the reason I suggested the smallish packages. It makes it easier to get your system working, so you can then attempt to download only what you need. Who knows someone may have a use for a gcc less system. - alex, who pleads the fifth
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