From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 24 02:31:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA05489 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:31:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA05478 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:31:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nadav@barcode.co.il) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA10897; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:30:39 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:30:39 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron To: Crystal Lynn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much disk space to mirror 2.2.5-RELEASE? In-Reply-To: <34503CB4.2C48ACE1@chiadm.chinotek.net.tw> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Crystal Lynn wrote: > Hi, > > Installing FreeBSD from a ftp server is convenient! I usually prefer NFS when given the choice (setup is easier, at least to me). > Yes, sure it is! However, I have only a 28.8K leased line. > Life is too short to repeat this process for 10 times. > > Is it possible to mirror only PART OF the 2.2.5-RELEASE directory > and put them on my local ftp server, so I can install FreeBSD from > my local ftp server? To be specific, I would like to install > Kernel Developer Set. > > Could someone give pointers what sub-directories and how much disk > space is required? I've just copied over the complete subdirectory, so here is how much space you'll need: scully: {109} du -k /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE 18218 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/bin 2899 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/floppies 318 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/compat20 437 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/compat21 4267 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/ports 37658 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/src 3011 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/games 3780 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/manpages 1162 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/proflibs 1337 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/doc 557 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/compat1x 1407 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/dict 1649 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/info 3104 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/catpages 1678 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/des 81565 /pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE You, of course, only need directories for distributions you actually use. > > Please do NOT tell me to buy a FreeBSD CD-ROM. > > Thanks in advance! > Nadav