On 2003-02-14 19:34, Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Richard Rauch wrote:
> > Downloading was not for me a real issue.  (Yes, I was using dial-up.)
>
> oh wow, that brings back a painful memory.  My first FreeBSD install was
> 2.something in 95 or 96.  At the time I was also an IBM OS/2 resellor.  I
> had a modem hanging off an OS/2 box that was connecting to the Internet on
> demand usage.  I routed a /24 network through it.  The 1st install took
> probably 1/2 a day across a 14.4k connection.
>
> sorry for the trip down memory lane.

Hehe.  You tried with an earlier version than I did.  Installing just
the base system of 3.2 over FTP over a dialup 14.4 link took approx. 7
hours for me.  Including a few retries, because I hadn't read the
Handbook in great detail and messed up my partitions a couple of times :)