Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 19:25:23 -0500 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@picus.com> To: <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Why not gzip iso images? Message-ID: <NDBBLGJECLNPOOFNABJCCEADCAAA.troy@picus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003171435310.8369-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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I seem to have missed the beginning of this thread, but do have a comment on it. Someone indicated that downloading an ISO image was the best solution for installing FreeBSD on a box that had poor internet connectivity. You disagree with this? For home, if I was still limited to a dialup connection, you could bet your ass that I'd download an ISO for installing FreeBSD. Burn the sucker at work (or school, library, friend's house, etc..), then haul that precious CD home, and have my installation done before dinner. I couldn't think of an easier or faster way of getting FreeBSD installed. Much easier and more straight forward than doing an FTP installation over a dialup (been there, done that @ 14.4k). -Troy ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway ** Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 5:41 PM ** To: Bill Fumerola ** Cc: Will Andrews; Kelly Yancey; Jeffrey J. Mountin; chat@freebsd.org ** Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? ** ** ** On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Bill Fumerola wrote: ** ** > If our intent was to make installation a living hell, then yes this an ** > excellent idea. An ISO is a single file to download / burn and is the ** > most straightforward way of making your installation media. ** > ** > Everyone from the guru to the warez monkey understands burning an ISO. ** ** This is a stupid thread :) ** ** I was replying to someone who claimed (something like) that being able to ** download an ISO was the best solution for a box which doesn't have direct ** net access (or somehting like that, don't flame me if I got it wrong). ** Nobody is advocating removing either the ISO or the binary install ** path..I've just been trying to point out that you don't always have to ** download the ISO and in fact it's probably a waste to do so unless you ** have good connectivity. ** ** I wonder if there are some people who have been talking about ISO images ** on the lists lately who don't realise you can install FreeBSD with much ** reduced download requirements. ** ** Can we move this thread to -chat where it belongs? ** ** Kris ** ** ---- ** In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. ** -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> ** ** ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ** with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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