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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:57:37 +0000 (GMT)
From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To: Tom Ellis <tomellis@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: What size download?
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Tom Ellis wrote:

> I have been looking at The OS Files website: http://www.theosfiles.com/
> which tells me the disk size required for FreeBSD is 60Mb or more. Seeing
> that many Linux distributions are about 600Mb I decided to go with FreeBSD.
Sorry, but 60 MB refers to the minimal installation.
Though you can have a lot of fun with that - when you like working
on a text-terminal!
If you wish to run X-Windows and graphical applications you will need as
much space as for linux.


> I used the link provided at The OS Files to download the image file.
>
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.2-install.iso
>
> After a few hours using my 56kbps modem, I had downloaded over 90Mb and I
> had to give up! What is the actual size of the download and how long will it
> take on a 56kbps modem (which manages to connect FTP at about 5kps)? Does
> the 60Mb or more reference at The OS Files mean that's a minimum
> installation requirement, whereas the actual download is far more? I
> couldn't find any reference to the size of the downloadable file! Sadly
> after giving up on my download I found it was also non-resumable so I doubt
> I can even download it in parts. (Maybe if I use some specialised FTP
> software rather than my browser?)
>
> I hope this enquiry is not too stupid - I'm fed up of being a typical
> clueless newbie.
>
> Your help would be much appreciated.
>
> Tom Ellis
>
> U.K.
>
>
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