Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 08:03:20 From: "EVILEEN MASTERS" <evileenm@hotmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <F61S2TRqf69aZbLAX3c000006c5@hotmail.com>
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<DIV>Hello, </DIV>
<P>for the past few days I have been downloading freeBSD from ftp. I have one question:</P>
<P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Are the empty files neccessary to download as part of the package?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">For instance, src-cur.4700xEmpty.gz. This is an extremely large file of 80,056KB. I don't understand how a file that big can be "empty". There are several of these large empty files </FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">in the download area. I would like to know if they are necessary for running freeBSD. Because I would rather omit them if they are not needed too much. On my connection it would take about 8 hours to download the one mentioned above. I already downloaded one of these empty files, and it took 6 hours. This seems pretty long to me. As there are so many such files in the download area, it would just take too long to download them all. Anyway, please help!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Thanks</FONT></P>
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