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Date:      16 Dec 1998 11:02:42 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Keith Woodman <keith@lightningweb.com>
Cc:        Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Boot disk
Message-ID:  <xzpr9u0v1z1.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Keith Woodman's message of "Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:06:52 -0800 (PST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981215150337.27109A-100000@nefertiti.lightningweb.com>

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Keith Woodman <keith@lightningweb.com> writes:
> Well. Looks like my stats are getting substantialy better.
> Just selected all the packages and began the d-load.
> It's at about 35KB  Not bad. I can't imagine doing this with a modem.

The installation process is mostly CPU and I/O-bound, so don't expect
high transfer rates unless you have fast disks and lots of horsepower.

> I also saw that   staroffice was in there as well. WOW.
> And after I spent a couple hundred on Applixware. :-(

A couple hundred? I believe the FreeBSD version costs $99.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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