Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 13:18:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>, Daniel Hawton <irc@cooltime.simplenet.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809131314490.343-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980913101538.21866A-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Tom wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Gary Palmer wrote: > > > Tom wrote in message ID > > <Pine.BSF.3.96.980913001612.13121C-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>: > > > > > > On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Daniel Hawton wrote: > > > > > > > I am about to get a cable modem (10mega bits per second) how long would > > > > it take to download everything I need to install FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP? I > > > > have the boot disk made. > > > > > > If your cable modem is really 10 mbs, it should take about 2 minutes for > > > a base install. About 3 minutes if you get X and some other goodies. > > > Howerver, in the real world, it will take about 5 times longer than that > > > (10 to 15 minutes) > > > > Over fast local links, the speed of your disk often affects the speed > > of the install more than network issues. > > If 200 KB/s is too much for your disks, it is time to join the late > '80s and get new disks. Yeah, true, Gary, but he was really right in essence, because you well know that getting a million-megabyte pipe to your ISP doesn't mean a million-megabyte pipe to the internet. My ISP has only a 128KB pipe to the world; how about you? The cable modem would mean really quick access to your ISP; I'd love that, but it wouldn't speed my cvsup sessions too much. (* and I've got fast disks :-> *) > > > Gary > > -- > > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > > > > > > Tom > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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