Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:59:18 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se> To: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." <rarnold@colemantx.com> Cc: Kyle Pos <linkkyle@netscape.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Size of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000323215917.A5952@student.csd.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <38DA8128.7DCF2C61@colemantx.com>; from rarnold@colemantx.com on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:40:08PM -0600 References: <38DA72D3.F5029164@netscape.net> <38DA8128.7DCF2C61@colemantx.com>
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 02:40:08PM -0600, Ronald G. Arnold Jr. wrote: > I downloaded FreeBSD from an ftp site, it took 5 days and it's 500 Mb. > That was over a dial up connection of 28.8 Kbps, although my modem is a > 56k, my dial up isn't that fast. That was from Win98 and 24 hours a day, > not counting reconnects and reboots. That also doesn't include the > packages, it took several days to get X installed from the ports. I have > the Cds and The Complete FreeBSD book, from Walnut Creek now, and would > recommend getting the CDs. > Althoug I too would recommend to get the CDs I must say it doesn't take *that* long to install by FTP. When I installed over a 33.6k modem it was more like 10-12 hours and about 200MB (compressed) This depends of course on what parts you want to include, but those numbers include some packages and X. > > > Kyle Pos wrote: > > > > I want to install FreeBSD by downloading it from a FTP-server. But I'd > > like to know how many MB it is. > > Thanx :-) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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