From owner-freebsd-current Sun Sep 13 10:17:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21393 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:17:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop.uniserve.com (pop.uniserve.com [204.244.156.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA21386; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:17:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tom@uniserve.com) Received: from shell.uniserve.ca [204.244.186.218] by pop.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #4) id 0zIFm3-0001QE-00; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:17:19 -0700 Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:17:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom X-Sender: tom@shell.uniserve.ca To: Gary Palmer cc: Daniel Hawton , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP In-Reply-To: <2023.905674611@gjp.erols.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Gary Palmer wrote: > Tom wrote in message ID > : > > > > On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Daniel Hawton wrote: > > > > > I am about to get a cable modem (10mega bits per second) how long would > > > it take to download everything I need to install FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP? I > > > have the boot disk made. > > > > If your cable modem is really 10 mbs, it should take about 2 minutes for > > a base install. About 3 minutes if you get X and some other goodies. > > Howerver, in the real world, it will take about 5 times longer than that > > (10 to 15 minutes) > > Over fast local links, the speed of your disk often affects the speed > of the install more than network issues. If 200 KB/s is too much for your disks, it is time to join the late '80s and get new disks. > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > > Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message