Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:04:23 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Sunny Xie <sunny2951@etang.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much is the file size of the .bin directory(using floppies installation)? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110301600140.99930-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <000401c161d9$afc8bb50$2b619fd3@sunny>
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Sunny Xie wrote: > I want to install freeBSD japanese 4.1.1 release on my pc98 NEC laptop from floppies (don't > have a CD-ROM/modem). May I know approximately how much is the file size in total( > as the doc said, the .bin directory) before I download it? Your reply is much appreciated. > > Best Regards > Sunny Xie > > I think you probably mean the bin "distribution", the one essential distribution to install. It includes files that get installed in a number of directories, not just /bin. It's about 80MB (that's a lot of floppies, but doable) for a pc. I'd assume it's about the same for pc98. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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