It was a FreeBSD ISO, from ftp.freebsd.org at about 630 megs. Perhaps the Linux images are smaller. Also, this takes into account any net congestion during the download, although I did it overnight. The thoughput was about 24 KBps.
-Gregor On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Linux Rocks ! wrote: > Hmm... It seems to me the longest download I did on 256k DSL was about 6 > hours, and Ive gotten them in about 4 hours. Where did you get the iso from? > ftp.orst.edu has a lot of linux stuff, and its pretty fast from here. > > Jamie > > On Saturday 20 April 2002 07:01 pm, you wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Ronald LeVine wrote: > > > If you want a true test of pain and agony, try downloading an ISO on a > > > T3. takes about 15 minutes.... > > > > Try 8 hours on a 256k DSL circuit. > > > > -Gregor
