Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:27:25 +0100 (MEZ) From: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> To: Leonard Ong <Leonard_Ong@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs Message-ID: <Marcel-1.46-1211212725-06cZsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981211073354.00be3a60@pop.rad.net.id>
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On Fri 11 Dec, Leonard Ong wrote: > > I'm from a country that affected by Currency Crisis. I can't upgrade by > CVS or CD in cheap manner. However, How long should i spend d/ling hte > sources from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 ? > > Can i update to 3.0 ? Are your phonecalls "free" ? I'm certainly not affected by a currency crisis, but _installing_ via ftp I can only do at work, ATM, where I have 4xISDN leased-line and get at least 25K from ftp.cdrom.com. (Germany has absolutely no free local calls) To get the sources (bare-bone system) doesn't take very long (I run cvs on a 2-4 week basis) , but just think of getting the X-Sources (50Megs, 20Megs as pkg or so) via modem - that's silly, if you pay at least 1 USD/hour (it's actually a bit more). Or install KDE - 20+ Megs. Or other large ports. If you have the time, and your phone-calls are cheap enough, you can do it. (I think even the transition to 3.0 is relatively smooth). You could also look into the cheap-bytes CD (5 USD), though the costs of customs and post may actually make this an expensive "bargain". (My "free" Solaris 7 CD cost 34 USD in the end). Don't you know somebody with an account at a university or so ? You could do the download there, and burn a CD with ports and X and KDE. cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@surf24.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | Achtung: rainer.duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | |(die alte E-Mail Adresse) verfällt zum 31.12.98 | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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