Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:09:15 -0500 (EST) From: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@teklogix.com> To: Dennis Favro <scqdaf@globalserve.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs Message-ID: <XFMail.981210230915.mpoulin@teklogix.com> In-Reply-To: <v04103603b29379f13997@[209.90.135.217]>
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It depends, if you ask me. I have a 28.8 modem, and I don't have too much trouble doing a complete install over FTP, but then I do get my internet access for free. I don't know what your per-hour costs are, but if you have the usual package most ISPs give away, you should be getting about 90 - 100 hours/month for about $30. (Assuming you are somewhere in north america - GlobalServe is here in the GTA isn't it?) So the online cost may or may not be worth it to you. Anyway, a complete install including ports and X takes about 8-10 hours over a 28.8 modem, which I usually start about an hour before I go to bed. That way I can go through all of the preliminary setup config, and make sure that the FTP is well underway, and when I wake up in the morning, all of the downloads and most of the compiling on my 486 is done. On 09-Dec-98 Dennis Favro wrote: > I'd like to upgrade my version of FreeBSD, but I'm not sure which > would be the most effective way to do it: should I try woring over > the Internet (over my pokey,old 28.8k modem) or should I just byte > the bullet and get 2.2.8 on CD from Walnut Creek? > > The shipping and exchange rates would put the cost up a little > higher than I'd like to pay, but if going from 2.2.6 to the current > release would be too excruciatingly slow... > > --Dennis <mailto://scqdaf@globalserve.net> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@teklogix.com> Date: 10-Dec-98 Time: 23:03:13 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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