Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:46:37 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Why not gzip iso images? Message-ID: <20000317094637.A404@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20000315113750.00b128e0@207.227.119.2>; from jeff-ml@mountin.net on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:59:29AM -0600 References: <20000315142247.M30974@abc.123.org> <20000315134211.A47945@tomcat.xs4all.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003150813230.64597-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> <20000315142247.M30974@abc.123.org> <20000315055316.D14789@fw.wintelcom.net> <4.3.2.20000315113750.00b128e0@207.227.119.2>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:59:29AM -0600, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > However, if you consider the size of the file and the possibility of > corruption, then it should be archived with gzip and forget the compression > (gzip -1). Now it can be checked for errors. MD5 checksums are more compact and much cooler. > Another issue is the size. Many factors determine how quickly one can > obtain the ISO. It would be nice if it were broken into smaller > volumes. About 10-20 MB each would be good. That way should something > fail, there less time and bandwidth wasted should one need to start over. Ever heard of 'reget'? > Call me a disinterested 3rd party. Never pull the ISO, only the parts > needed. ;) I tend to agree with this. 650MB is way too much - perhaps the images could be broken up according to the portion of the system (i.e., bin, sbin, usr.bin, usr.sbin, etc, et cetera). -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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