From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 27 11:49:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDB3737B422; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mark8 (hutch-277.hutchtel.net [206.10.67.205]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id NAA25295; Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:49:43 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <000001c01058$d58985a0$cd430ace@mark8> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: , Cc: References: <260800239.37581@134.48.35.169> Subject: Re: Re: download sizes Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 13:24:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 12:26 PM Subject: RE: Re: download sizes > > Thanks for the feedback. There must be something wrong with my > nose. I searched again, using the ftp links you suggested, but > still could find nothing in the way of a statement of the size > of the download of, say, the 4.1 release. The only way I've seen > so far that would get me the size parameters I want would be > to open each dir, right click (in IE 5) on each file, select > properties, then look at the file size. I'd have to write each > one down, and then add them all up. Perhaps there's a simpler > way? Any further tips? Just a ballpark figure would suffice: > I'm not looking for anything terribly precise. 600megs Josh > Thanks, James > > --- Original Message --- > Mark Ovens Wrote on > Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:39:43 +0100 > ------------------ > On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 09:12:37AM -0500, James an Tatiana Miller > wrote: > > I can't seem to find anywhere on your site the download sizes > for > > files used in installing FreeBSD. Where should I be looking > for this > > info? > > > > Start at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ and follow your nose. > > Assuming that you want the latest RELEASE (for i386) then > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/ > > Is the top level. The entire contents of the bin sub-dir is required > for a minimum install. > > HTH > > > James > > -- > 4.4 - The number of the Beastie > ________________________________________________________________ > 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > ----- > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message