Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 19:52:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Manes <anarchy@crl.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free DSB Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980705194305.6716B-100000@crl.crl.com> In-Reply-To: <199807052118260080.014313CB@mail.soltec.net>
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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Jeff Rogers wrote: > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 7/5/98, at 8:56 PM, Jon Groves wrote: > > >I do not understand how you can say that "Free DSB" is free, If it > cost $40 > >to get the CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CD-ROM CO. I would like to get a > copy of > >the software, is there some one other than Walnut Creek to get it > from?? I > >prefer the 3.5'' DISKS because I do not have a CD-ROM drive on the > computer > >I plan to install on, and not FTP because the speed of my connection > and > >distance from your server to me is to slow and to far for a fast > download. > > Well, I looked around and found an owner who could take the files and > burn me a copy on a CDR. it didn't take long; I just had to be > persistent, and willing to dig, or pay any costs involved. If you > could find a friend with it installed, you could do something like > LapLink, although I too am a newbie and may be way off here. Anyhow, > hope I might've helped your situation. > > Kindest Regards, > Jeff Rogers jlr@soltec.net www.soltec.net/~jlr > Truth: It only conflicts with falsehood. Trust me, laplink is a little to slow a nice size installation. The best I've seen a parrellel port do is 40mg/m, and thats with both machines being fast, or going to a removable device (ie. zip, hd). I had to move over about 1.5gs, slightly more then the freeBSD cds, and it took days. Not to mention, if you try to use Windows95's direct-connect, it wil crash the machine after a while, corrupting the transfered files (for some reason, Windows has a hard time moving, or copying, a large number of small files). If you want FreeBSD, you can get it that way, just don't expect it to be quick, and since the parrellel port bases its flow on the cpu, you wont even be able to play freecell. Even on all scsi, its not to pretty, but a good game can be played. If you can, do the cd trick. What I did was download it from an isdn line, use a cdr, fry up the two cds, and take it home. If you can't get a clean cd, copy a friends (I would have, but it was 2.2.5). Oh, and if you expect to do it via floppies, heh, well, I wont even go there. Like Jeff said, use laplink, just don't expect any miracles... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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