From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 14:33:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CDF516A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:33:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocket.alienwebshop.com (rocket.alienwebshop.com [216.120.226.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9D743D39 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:33:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from alienwebshop.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rocket.alienwebshop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6683F25300 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:33:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 208.247.148.13 (SquirrelMail authenticated user pete) by webmail.alienwebshop.com with HTTP; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:33:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <22145.208.247.148.13.1082756027.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:33:47 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter Leftwich" To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: 25mb vs 300mb ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:33:48 -0000 I gave the FreeBSD online Handbook a good read (of several chapters that walked the reader through sysinstall)... One of the prompts said to have 300mb or more of space for the ports. At the FreeBSD.Org ports website, however, it says the total size of the tarball (tar/gzip) is 25mb. Is this a matter of compressed versus uncompressed? Why the discrepancy? By the way, thank you to the many erudite and friendly faces who responded to my lament -- I am happy to see a lot of devices now supported under 5.2.1!! -- Peter Leftwich, President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com