Tar output mode for installworld

[Tim Kientzle]

Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
> On 7/15/07, Tim Kientzle <kientzle at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> Plus:  The specification file can re-use the existing
>> files on CD, ...
> 
> That is exactly what I was referring to above. And AFAIK DragonflyBSD
> does it in a similar way. They simply copy the live CD onto the HDD.
> 
>> Minus:  Installing a specification file this way would
>> be slower because you then have to read a lot of small
>> files off of CD.
> 
> True, but couldn't we optimize the ISO layout so it will be a near
> sequential read of the CD?

Hmmm...  This might work.  The prototype 'ntree' support
I posted should be sufficient for people to experiment
with these ideas.

Cheers,

Tim Kientzle