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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:39:29 +0100
From:      Keith Jones <keith@blueberry.co.uk>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        nik@iii.co.uk
Subject:   Re: I am confused.
Message-ID:  <19980626153929.37766@blueberry.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <19980626144359.18368@iii.co.uk>; from nik@iii.co.uk on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 02:43:59PM %2B0100
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I have to concur. The prospect of trying to install FreeBSD over anything
less than a T1/E1 line - especially considering the number of installation
attempts I had the first time I installed FreeBSD before getting it right!
- is NOT one I'd like to contemplate. Not least because your installation
is likely be messed up if you lose your link, the power goes down, or
everything else Nik said....

If you're on a slow link, I really suggest you either:

	1. download the distribution onto a DOS partition and install from that
	2. download the distribution at work and burn a CD ;)
	3. buy the Walnut Creek CDROM (okay, it's forty dollars, but what about
	   your phone bill - and the time lost - if something goes wrong and
	   you have to start over?)

Keith

On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 02:43:59PM +0100, nik@iii.co.uk wrote:

> I respectfully disagree. If you're installing on a second hard disk, it's
> a good idea to download the files you need (bin.* and whatever else you
> want) to the first HD (assuming it's got a DOS filesystem on it). 
> 
> I've had installs where the power's gone out, or media errors have occured,
> or other events have transpired, and I've had to stop the "download as it
> installs" half way through. Of course, the files that you've already 
> downloaded are either not saved anywhere, or if they are available 
> (assuming you've got that far) you need to be pretty confident with your
> repair skills to make them usable.
> 
> This can be quite disheartening when you realise you've got to redownload
> most of 30MB or however much it was.
> 
> Having the installation files locally, even if only for a short time,
> guards against this and allows you (if you want) to rerun the install
> several times, learning more as you go, until you get an install you're
> happy with.

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