Question about http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/index.html

Kris Kennaway kris at FreeBSD.org
Fri Feb 8 11:31:03 UTC 2008


Sean Bruno wrote:
> Does it seem correct to all concerned that each release actually lists 
> all files twice?
> 
> There is a torrent for the entire release CD ISO set, and then there is 
> a completely separate torrent for each CD ISO file.  At least that is 
> what it looks like to me.
> Is this correct?

Yes.  Many people like to download the whole thing in one torrent.  It 
does split the aggregate swarm bandwidth, but it doesn't seem to be a 
problem in practice.

Kris


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