Robert Heller wrote:
> At Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:19:30 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You can do a netinstall via the LiveCD too. This is identical to doing
>>> the install via the netinstall CD.
>>>
>> Which again means lots of new downloads for him while installing
>> over the 'net. I feel for the guy, having been on slow dialup with
>> lots of noise on the long rural phone lines for years...
>>
>
> Actually he is in *worse* shape: he is on satelite internet. With the
> Fair Use Limit, the first 450-500 meg will download quickly enough, then
> things will be *worse* than dial-up. He would have to halt the install
> and wait 24 hours and then resume it for the next 450-500 meg... Unless
> he does a super minimual install and then does a series of 'yum install
> ..', each under 500 meg each day until done. Could take all of a week
> that way, or about how long it would take for CheapBytes to mail out a
> CentOS 5.3 DVD or CD set...
>
>
Actually I only need a minimal install in that computer since I plan
on using it as a file server.
As for the "fair use policy" the examples you cite apply to Hughes I
believe but Wildblue is better in that respect. I could use the
entire 17 gig's in one day if I wanted. There would be no problem
with that but it would take me 30 days to recover bandwidth. So for
someone doing Linux o/s downloads Wildblue is better. A good wired
connection would be better yet and we would take that in a heart
beat but it's not happening here in the sticks!
I have two other computers running F-10 installed from the live-cd.
It does take some additional downloads to make them do what I want
but then I'm only taking what I want which helps to keep it to a
minimum. I think I still come out ahead that way.
Thanks for your comments.
Bob
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