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Re: Slackware
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Miki Shapiro wrote:
>
> Hi
> Ive started to download slackware-3.5.tar from ftp.cdrom.com
>
> I know, Its BIG.
I don't want to know what happens if it breaks in the middle...
why download it all in one big file? it makes no sense! ncftp can do
recursive downloading, and the best is ofcourse mirror.
you are not saving any room by DLing a tar (I hope not tgz!) since the
files inside are compressed anyway, and you will need the 1.5-2 gig to
open it to...
>
> I just wanna know precisely HOW BIG.
don't they have a du-s file, like redhat?
--
Ira Abramov <ira(a)scso.com> whois: IA58 (a linux enthusiast)
She sells cshs by the cshore. - Rob Malda
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