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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install from CDROM over LAN?
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 10:45:40 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Jeff Kane <jkane@earth.execpc.com>

Jeff Kane wrote:
> But, the ports are not!!  I ran into that problem.  The NFS server I am
> using does not understand Rock Ridge ( I know, change it!) and it will

Ah, well, there's only so much name smashing we're willing to do and the
#1 goal of 8.3 name mangling for us was simply to get the user
installed.  More than that would probably be a waste of effort since
most machines *do* support RockRidge.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project