Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 19:26:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: Rainer M Duffner <Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, Kronos80@aol.com Subject: Re: Installing via FTP Message-ID: <XFMail.980701192650.fewtch@serv.net> In-Reply-To: <Marcel-1.45-0629090114-d07Zsav@duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de>
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Sure - I downloaded FreeBSD 2.2.6 (the entire release, minus some of the packages, which aren't part of the main release anyway) over a 28.8 modem, most of the time connected at 24,000. It took about a day or a day and a half to get all the required files (modern OS's do multitask, so what's wrong with downloading in the background, and leaving your computer downloading when you're sleeping?) It was just a matter of patience and waiting, and cheaper than buying the CD-ROM. Once the main release was up and running, I could add any packages/other software via modem as well (and unlike a CD-ROM, the latest releases are available online via the web page and FTP (CDROM software gets stale fast)). So, if you have the patience, installing over FTP, or at least *downloading* and installing from a DOS partition is a viable alternative at modem/ISDN speeds, unless you have no patience and *have to have it now* (or if you pay by the hour for your Internet connection - most people I know pay flat rates, including AOL users). On 29-Jun-98 Rainer M Duffner wrote: > Also, I'd question if it is really convenient to install over AOL, even > is it work. It's great if you have a 2MBit line and the mirror is > somewhere on the same WAN, but over modem/ISDN ? ? ? > > (Somebody proof me wrong). > > cheers, > Rainer ---------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Date: 01-Jul-98 Time: 19:17:25 This message was sent by XFMail under Fvwm2 and FREEBSD. My personal website is at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html Take a look if you have the time - something for everyone there. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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