From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 20 14:50:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF5716A422 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:50:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D6543D46 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:50:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA0B05C94; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:50:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03058-07; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:50:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-160-251-207.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.251.207]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBEB85C50; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:50:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43F9D74F.8020407@mac.com> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:50:55 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lorin Lund References: <43F94100.9040602@infowest.com> In-Reply-To: <43F94100.9040602@infowest.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: Luis Thillet , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Download X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:50:58 -0000 Lorin Lund wrote: > Luis Thillet wrote: [ ... ] > Many weeks ago I succeeded in downloading 6.0. But if you don't have > broadband it's nearly hopeless. When I first learned of FreeBSD - years > ago - I tried downloading the ISO disks by modem. I would start a > download at bedtime but it never worked for me. I had to do it with just > the boot floppies and let the rest of the distribution packages download > as they installed. I had a lot of restarts to get the whole thing. If you are downloading big files via modem, try a Windows "download manager" like GetRight, http://www.getright.com/. -- -Chuck PS: A long time ago, the trial version used to display banner ads, but when Gator tried to push the author into bundling more intrusive spyware with the GetRight installer, he refused and switched to the trial version being completely ad-free instead. There are people on the right side of that line, and those on the wrong side: http://www.getright.com/statement.html