On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:31, Beretta wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 02:00:19 +0100, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > <snip> > > >But even if we are looking at a full 13 x 700 MB = 9100 MB at a > >relatively slow 5 minutes per megabyte it would take you less than a > >week to download the entire distribution. > > <snip> > > What kinda math is that? <grin> > > 5 mins per meg * 9100 MB = 45,500 minutes > > 45,500 minutes / 60 min per hour = 758 hours > > 758 hours / 24 hours in a day = 31 days. > > That's a solid month. > > Try again.......
Yeah and who can tie up their phone line 24 hours. I did d/l a full iso (Knoppix) on my dialup at 8/24 through the night only. It took a week. And then it was out a bit or 3 and failed the md5sum check, repaired by rsync fortunately. Any way for me on my dialup, the d/l is 3 months. Bob Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]