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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: freebsd loading time
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From: nbc@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk (Neil Brendan Clark)
Date: 17 Jul 1996 00:48:08 +0100
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Muhammad A. Ali <mali01@dakota.isd77.k12.mn.us> wrote:
>I am going to install freebsd later, I just want to know how long does it
>take to load onto your system, I am a owner of a system with 8MB of
>memory and it has a 486-66mhz processor.
By "load" I take it you mean install? If so, it will depend on the type
of installation you do. If you install from floppy disk, don't make any
future plans. If you are connected to the 'net you can download an
initial disk image to boot with, after which you tell it your IP
address and so on. Then you get a choice of the type of installation
you want, and after this the FreeBSD distribution is automatically
downloaded and installed on your local hard disk. The speed of this
operation is highly dependant on the speed of you 'net link.
Give it a go; you have nothing to lose but your love of Microsoft :-)
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