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Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
 Posted - 28 May 2003 : 12:25:45
I just downloaded the GUI SETI client for OSX. It's a 300k download. I start installing it and the Mac tells me that it will need 100MB of disk space. Holy crap! How do you get 100MB from a 300k installer!?!?!?- - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Doomed
Starting Member
Canada
26 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 12:58:50
Easy. It's probably a web installer, like Microsoft is so fond of using. 'No WAY, IE6 is 500k! Sweet!'Either that or they want you to be ready to be processing a really huge amount of data. XD ---
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Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 17:06:03
Nope, it's not a web installer - there is no way I could download 100MB quickly over my dial-up.- - - - - - - - - - - - -
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 17:54:35
The amount quoted in installer is the amount of free space that it'll need to shift files around and other such funky goings on.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 20:38:14
heh....I never ever ever heard about SETI for OSX needing 100 MB! the data files are likie... *MAYBE* 400 kb... and that much also for when the results are completed... I can maybe think of needing 100 MB when you have a work unit chaching program and you download like... 700 WUs... Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 20:39:28
Thats nuts. Completely."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 20:45:26
yeah....:drool: caching SETI WUs would be a very effecient thing to do.. especially if like... I could get a few hundred of them and bring a computer back out for offline operation or something... dunno though  Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 20:56:01
Yes, that'd be a very good idea. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
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USA
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Posted - 28 May 2003 : 21:33:28
yeah...it'd be great to do with fast computers (like my own) that get done with units faster than I can connect to the internet Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 22:07:01
It'd be great to do it with my iMac, which doesn't see the internet much these days."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2003 : 23:57:18
There's lots of apps out there (for Macs and PC's) that can do exactly that - download multiple WU's for distribution on your own network. As jt would say...google it! - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2003 : 01:07:03
Interesting. I'll have to look into it."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2003 : 03:58:49
Yea, Coxy, your right. IIRC, this is an attempt to reduce system fragmentation.~The Penguin **| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line |**
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catsdorule
Senior Member
Canada
1627 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2003 : 06:55:48
It says that my php installer need 141mb to install, yet it writes only one file (~15mb) and runs a whole bunch of install scripts that only modify files. Wierd-danny
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