On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Wookey wrote: > On Wed 10 Oct, Ben Collins wrote: > > > I've brought this up before. I went to go get an ISO, and was presented > > with 50 questions about what I intended to do with it, and what type of > > person I was. It's rediculous, regardless of the issue it is trying to > > solve. > > I sympathise, but any suggestion of change brings us back to the original > question - do we have the bandwidth to just serve people iso images?
Speaking as a cd image mirror admin: Yes. Checking the list of mirrors europe seems to have enough mirrors to provide easy http/ftp downloads. I don't know enough about the bandwidth situation in US or Australia though. But I don't think it would be so bad, at worst the user could discover that downloading cd-images is really, really slow and chose another method. > If we do then, yes lets simplify the whole damn thing. Yeah, I think I'm not the only one that thinks booting from a cd is easier than booting from several floppies for a network install. Add some other factors (good bandwidth, easy access to cd writer and blank cds, dislike for floppies and so on) and getting a cd from a mirror is the easiest solution. /Mattias Wadenstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
