[bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?

[Steve Getman]

It seems to peak out at around 12MBps total...
-- 
Steve Getman
steve at lightcubed.com


<quote who="James Mackie">
> Now that is a well connected server.. :)
>
> ---
> wget http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run
> --14:07:10--  http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run
>            => `bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run'
> Resolving bf1942.lightcubed.com... done.
> Connecting to bf1942.lightcubed.com[207.44.176.95]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 108,139,062 [text/plain]
>
> 100%[====================================>] 108,139,062  833.07K/s    ETA
> 00:00
>
> 14:09:17 (833.07 KB/s) - `bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run' saved
> [108139062/108139062]
> ---
>
> 8Mbit download to my server.. :)
>
> Haven't installed BF since the first beta.. Hopefully this one will work a
> bit better.. :)
>
> James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Gurney [mailto:james at globalmegacorp.org]
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 1:59 PM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] *blushing* NOOB ?
>
>
> Ian Merwin wrote:
>
>> Question #1:  What should the file size be?
>
> 108139062 bytes
>
>> Question #2: Do I need to download the 65.2mb file AND the 6.5 patch
>
> You need to download the 104MB one.
>
>> Question #3: Im using SSH to communicate with my remote Linux server.
>> Can I download directly to it from the command line in Linux? INSTEAD of
>> downloading to my WinXP machine then FTPing to the Linux box? *major
>> waste of time*  (The server is an hours drive away). I have DSL 384/128.
>
> Probably. Try wget or curl:
>
> wget http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run
>
> or
>
> curl http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/dist/bf1942_lnxded-1.6-rc1.run
>
> If you don't have either installed, Google for instructions on how to
> install them for your distrobution.
>
>> Question #4:  Any news on the BFSMD for the new patch?
>
> No idea.
>
>> Question #5: Is this a complete install -- meaning I should put it in
>> a
>> NEW directiory (eg. bf1942_1.6/) and start it seperately so our current
>> running install isn't interfered with?
>
> Yes. Download the file, chmod 755 it, and run it. It will ask what dir
> to extract to. See the full details here:
>
> http://www.bf1942.lightcubed.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=920
>
> James
>
>