Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 09:47:49 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org> To: Kevin Way <kevin.way@overtone.org> Cc: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Staying *really stable* in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200106231447.f5NElnx01268@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Kevin Way <kevin.way@overtone.org> of "Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:54:10 EDT." <20010622235410.A41593@bean.overtone.org>
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Kevin Way writes: > > > If you have any thoughts of running cvsup at all, you need to have a > > fast connection. It is definitely not for dialup users. Maybe that > > should go in the handbook--only do it if you have DSL or cable modem or > > better. > > cvsup works fine over dialup, and not unacceptably slowly either. > > A satisfied dialup cvsup user, I agree. Am not sure it runs much faster now over my cable modem link. With a 33.6k modem "systat -v" would show my cvs volume sustain 80% busy. A bi-weekly cvsup of everything in cvs usually takes about 15 minutes over a 64k ISDN connection. Took 16 minutes just now over cable modem. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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