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#! rnews 1745 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!newspump.sol.net!uwm.edu!news.cse.psu.edu!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!cronkite.ocis.temple.edu!netaxs.com!news.pond.com!usenet From: The Felux <felux@pond.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: how long for ftp installation? Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 11:22:55 -0700 Organization: FishNet Lines: 23 Message-ID: <321B53FF.58E7@pond.com> References: <4vch10$cgr@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: red-5.phl.pond.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (Win16; I) To: Michael Pye <mikey@dircon.co.uk> Michael Pye 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 ? > > Any info appreciaited...... I installed the binary and Xfree dist yesterday. A total of about 70megs. It took over 3 hours. I think that was with 1:3 compression. I now want to recompile the kernel and don't have the source. I decided to get the cd-rom from walnut creek. If you have a cd-rom get the disk!! It is much easier. It also took me several attempts to connect to the ftp site. Good Luck, James Watkins felux@pond.com