From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 2 10:19:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04640 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:19:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Raccoon.ChipChat.com (Raccoon.ChipChat.com [206.2.228.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04629 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:19:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrc@ChipChat.com) Received: from ChipChat.com (MRC-Tiger.ChipChat.com [206.2.228.141]) by Raccoon.ChipChat.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA15406; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 17:18:58 GMT Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 13:18:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Cawthon To: Wezz Potter cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install time In-Reply-To: <3614FFF4.71AFE5A0@cableinet.co.uk> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: mrc@Raccoon.ChipChat.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello BSDaemons! On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Wezz Potter wrote: > How long should it take to install Freebsd with a 33.6 KBPS modem dialup > connection by anonymous FTP Rough Estimate: 33.6 kBits/sec = about 3.36 k Bytes/second Round to 2 kBytes/second Equal to 1 MByte / 512 seconds Round to 600 seconds / MByte = 10 minutes/MB According to "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey, back cover: Requires 60 MB disk space for binary-only version, 340 MB disk space for development version. Subtract 16 MB of that for "swapper" partition + some "free space" You must download about 44 MB for binary only system. (my guess) 44 MBytes X 10 minutes / MB = 440 minutes Round to 480 minutes = 8 hours for the 'binary-only' version. Note: all this rounding is justified because FTP does not transfer at 100% available bandwidth because of protocol handshaking. You may also want X-Windows and some ports, which is more code and will take a longer time. I have seen long FTP transfers "die out" even on a dedicated line, and there is also the possibility of your modem dropping the connection to your ISP. I don't bet optimistically on lengthy FTP transfers (hours and hours of transfers). My thoughts: Buy the CD-ROM. Your time is worth more than $39.95 for (8) hours. Also by the book "The Complete FreeBSD" which will save you many many hours of struggle. I have 4 or 5 Linux books. The reason I use FreeBSD is because Lehey's FreeBSD book was better than the many Linux books, so it helped me to get started in a better fashion. Both are available from http://www.cdrom.com and also from some local bookstores. Marty Cawthon ChipChat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message