Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:56:43 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Mark Haney <haney01@email.franklin.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Typical times installing from ports via 56k modem? Message-ID: <20021028185643.GA2278@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3dbd62cd.30c8.0@email.franklin.edu> References: <3dbd62cd.30c8.0@email.franklin.edu>
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:16:13AM -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to FreeBSD, choosing it about two months ago as my first venture into > the open-source OS world. I installed 4.6.0 from CD, and have updated to 4.7 > RELEASE via CVSUP. I also updated my ports collection from CVSUP, but haven't > upgraded any of my installed ports yet. > > It took about 1.5 hrs for the CVSUP from 4.6.0 to 4.7, and another 2 hours for > the build (on a P3-500 with 128MB RAM). > > My question is... Is it realistic to upgrade via ports with a 56K modem? I tried > installing a few small things via ports, and it worked well, but I'm wondering > how long it will take to download and build things like the XFree86, or GNOME. > Do these things take days, or might I be able to accomplish it overnight? It is quite realistic. A back-of-the-envelope calculation indicates that downloading the distfile for XFree86-4 over a 56K modem should take something like 3 hours. Buildtime for you is probably somewhat less than that. I believe GNOME is of similar size. So you will most likely be able to do it overnight. > > Thanks in advance for answers to these questions, or any other tips on keeping > FreeBSD up to date via ports and 56k modem. (Please copy me in replies, as I'm > not subscribed to the list.) > -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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