From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 31 10: 2:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03F0B37B719 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:02:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tyson@stanfordalumni.org) Received: from stanfordalumni.org (1Cust205.tnt10.tco2.da.uu.net [63.39.89.205]) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA28359; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:02:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103311802.KAA28359@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net> From: Don Tyson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: tomellis@freeuk.com Subject: Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 13:02:38 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG sorry for duplicate -- corrects address garble for the list ------- Forwarded Message To: "Tom Ellis" cc: freebsd-questions@freedbsd.org From: Don Tyson Subject: Re: What size download? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Tom Ellis" message dated "Sat, 31 Mar 2001 17:53:31 +0100." Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:28:11 -0500 [snipped] > 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 [snipped] The last time I installed via download over a 56k modem it took me about 4 hours for 4.0-RELEASE. That download included the X-Window system but *not* stuff like GNOME or KDE. Don Tyson ------- End of Forwarded Message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message