Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:16:13 -0500 From: "Mark Haney" <haney01@email.franklin.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Typical times installing from ports via 56k modem? Message-ID: <3dbd62cd.30c8.0@email.franklin.edu>
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Hi, I'm new to FreeBSD, choosing it about two months ago as my first venture into the open-source OS world. I installed 4.6.0 from CD, and have updated to 4.7 RELEASE via CVSUP. I also updated my ports collection from CVSUP, but haven't upgraded any of my installed ports yet. It took about 1.5 hrs for the CVSUP from 4.6.0 to 4.7, and another 2 hours for the build (on a P3-500 with 128MB RAM). My question is... Is it realistic to upgrade via ports with a 56K modem? I tried installing a few small things via ports, and it worked well, but I'm wondering how long it will take to download and build things like the XFree86, or GNOME. Do these things take days, or might I be able to accomplish it overnight? Thanks in advance for answers to these questions, or any other tips on keeping FreeBSD up to date via ports and 56k modem. (Please copy me in replies, as I'm not subscribed to the list.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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