From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Dec 10 20:05:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08976 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:05:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com ([207.219.2.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08971 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:05:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mpoulin@teklogix.com) Received: from mail.teklogix.com (ms02-214.tor.istar.CA [137.186.227.214]) by tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id Y3VN8NYL; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:04:54 -0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:09:15 -0500 (EST) From: Marty Poulin To: Dennis Favro Subject: RE: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Marty Poulin 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