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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!speedy.grolier.fr!news-lond.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: how long for ftp installation? Date: 21 Aug 1996 11:50:40 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4vepm0$c4@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4vch10$cgr@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael Pye (mikey@dircon.co.uk) wrote: : I am going to be performing a standard default installation for FTP : shortly. The default options want over 200 meg of space to set up all : the filesystems. : How long is the actual download going to take at 28800 bps from a : local server ? Does it need to download 200 meg or does it download a : smaller amount and then extract to that size ? It downloads compressed tarballs (or are they cpio's?). The time depends on how quick your connection is. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....