Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:40:21 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Tom Ellis" <tomellis@freeuk.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What size download? Message-ID: <004501c0ba33$9481b200$8683fea9@kurley> References: <LOBBKEGMFAMCMMFLMEGAEEPPCAAA.tomellis@freeuk.com>
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I duno where you read that FreeBSD ISO images are only 60Mb because that definitely is incorrect. However you can do a very basic command line installation from floppies. In that case the download will be well under 60Mb (actually I think its under 10Mb) For explicit info, read the Pedantic FreeBSD at http://troll.apana.org.au/freebsd/ (trailing "/" is critical) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Ellis" <tomellis@freeuk.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 2:53 AM Subject: What size download? > I apologise for sending this to you but I couldn't find anything in the > FAQs. > 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. > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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