Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 04:16:51 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Daniel Hawton <irc@cooltime.simplenet.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP Message-ID: <2023.905674611@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:18:04 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980913001612.13121C-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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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. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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