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Date:      25 Aug 2003 15:13:54 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Bill <willelit@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I have a 10.8 hard drive free and
Message-ID:  <44n0dxmtxp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030823191037.29681.qmail@web10707.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030823191037.29681.qmail@web10707.mail.yahoo.com>

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Bill <willelit@yahoo.com> writes:

> Would like to download and install FreeBSD, and enough apps to make it
> productive.
> How long for the download and install the workable core of FreeBSD OS
> on a 56K modem line?
> I think the apps will probably be a variety of d/l times, but anidea
> for Netscape or Mozilla, word processor, spreadsheet, ECT, would give
> me a start on how long I'd have to work at it to make it productive.

Probably a day or two, cumulative.
Might be worth buying a set of CD-ROMs.



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