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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.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: freebsd loading time Date: 16 Jul 1996 18:51:25 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4sgkqt$nv@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <MPLANET.31e29d09mali01989684@news> <4s13qc$avo@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : mali01@dakota.isd77.k12.mn.us (Muhammad A. Ali) 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. : This depends, mostly on the speed of your peripherals (and on the : installation medium), as well as on the size of your installation. : I've got a minimal installation completed in less than 5 minutes, : though this was on a faster machine than yours (and with perhaps much : faster peripherals). And a somewhat more familiar knowledge base....... :-) I'd give it two or three hours - allowing for reading instructions and getting it wrong a few times - not to mention dicking around trying to get X working on an unsupported video card...... -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....