From owner-freebsd-current Sun Sep 13 01:17:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA01932 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 01:17:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA01927 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 01:17:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA02027; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 04:16:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Tom cc: Daniel Hawton , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:18:04 PDT." Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 04:16:51 -0400 Message-ID: <2023.905674611@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message