Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:24:48 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Rick Siple <RickSiple@mpainc.com> Cc: "Chat Mailing List (E-mail)" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD DVD-ROMs on FreeBSD Mall Message-ID: <199812282324.PAA13625@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:22:32 EST." <50D018439050D211AFB1006008CEB82D061611@EXCHANGESERVER>
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> Somebody has to have thought of this detail, but I'll ask > anyway... > > There is a note in FreeBSD Mall asking about user interest in a > DVD ROM format FreeBSD distribution. As far as I can tell from searches > of the mailing list archives, handbook, release notes, etc. FreeBSD does > not support the DVD format yet (UDF?). This seems to be putting the > cart before the horse, unless I am missing something. You can put other filesystems on DVDs. > Or is the announcement to gauge the interest in DVD support in > FreeBSD itself also? This is the real purpose, yes. If there's a market for a FreeBSD DVD, then overcoming the technical issues is simply a matter of doing the work. If there's no market, there's little point in the work. The process of producing a DVD at the moment is still extremely painful. We're hoping that the tools will improve shortly, especially with the new range of low-end mastering devices appearing. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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