From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 23 18:48:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.hellasnet.gr (mail.hellasnet.gr [212.54.192.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0746237B626 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:48:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (ppp1.patr.hellasnet.gr [212.54.197.16]) by mail.hellasnet.gr (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id EAA11284; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:47:32 +0200 (GMT) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA01704; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:41:20 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:41:19 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Jim Mock Cc: Kyle Pos , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Size of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000324044119.E303@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <38DA72D3.F5029164@netscape.net> <20000323125439.A4841@luna.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000323125439.A4841@luna.cdrom.com>; from jim@luna.cdrom.com on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:54:39PM -0800 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:54:39PM -0800, Jim Mock wrote: > On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 at 20:38:59 +0100, Kyle Pos wrote: > > I want to install FreeBSD by downloading it from a FTP-server. But > > I'd like to know how many MB it is. > > Thanx :-) > > It all depends on what you plan on installing. You won't need > everything right away. What I suggest you do is a minimal install > for now.. the bin/ and manpages/ bits only.. and then install the > remaining parts you want (X, etc.) once you've got your FreeBSD box > online. It's usually easier that way instead of doing it in one big > chunk. This type of installation is what I did, last January, when I managed to mess my 3.4-STABLE so much that it was, well, unstable ;) Installing bin/, manpages/ and the ports/ tree took about 4.5 hours on my 28.8 modem, which is not much. The rest of the system, i.e. the sources, or the distfiles of the ports you'll install later, are easy to get later on, when you've managed to get the base system going. - Giorgos Keramidas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message