Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:57:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Tom Ellis <tomellis@freeuk.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What size download? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103311851060.41652-100000@pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <LOBBKEGMFAMCMMFLMEGAEEPPCAAA.tomellis@freeuk.com>
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Tom Ellis wrote: > I have been looking at The OS Files website: http://www.theosfiles.com/ > which tells me the disk size required for FreeBSD is 60Mb or more. Seeing > that many Linux distributions are about 600Mb I decided to go with FreeBSD. Sorry, but 60 MB refers to the minimal installation. Though you can have a lot of fun with that - when you like working on a text-terminal! If you wish to run X-Windows and graphical applications you will need as much space as for linux. > I used the link provided at The OS Files to download the image file. > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.2-install.iso > > After a few hours using my 56kbps modem, I had downloaded over 90Mb and I > had to give up! What is the actual size of the download and how long will it > take on a 56kbps modem (which manages to connect FTP at about 5kps)? Does > the 60Mb or more reference at The OS Files mean that's a minimum > installation requirement, whereas the actual download is far more? I > couldn't find any reference to the size of the downloadable file! Sadly > after giving up on my download I found it was also non-resumable so I doubt > I can even download it in parts. (Maybe if I use some specialised FTP > software rather than my browser?) > > I hope this enquiry is not too stupid - I'm fed up of being a typical > clueless newbie. > > Your help would be much appreciated. > > Tom Ellis > > U.K. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ################################################### # # # www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de # # # ################################################### To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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