Author: Mathieu Pagé
Date: 16:52:05 06/23/04
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On June 23, 2004 at 11:49:20, Brian Katz wrote: >On June 23, 2004 at 11:42:19, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On June 23, 2004 at 11:32:55, Brian Katz wrote: >> >>>I am presently using a DSL Connection........Will that be fast enough for >>>downloading 6 man Tablebases.? >>>I have created 4 partitions on my 80 gig Harddrive. >>> >>>C: Drive 20 gig for my OS and some basic applications like MS OFFICE and CD/DVD >>>Writing Program, Back up programs. >>> >>>D: Drive 12 GIG, for Chess Programs and other Miscellaneous Applications. >>> >>>E: Drive 12 Gig, for most saved Documents that I manually save when saving from >>>an Application like Word or Excel or Fritz 8 etc., or Copied and Pasted folders >>>and Files from Floppy or CD/DVD. >>> >>>F:Drive 30 Gig, for Tablebase files only. >>> >>>Also, my Tablebase folder is in a partioned logical drive. The drive is 30 Gig. >>>The Tablebase files I already have (All 3,4 and 5 men) is using well over 7 Gig. >>>Since I will only have 23 remaining Gig to use,do you have any suggestions, as >>>to what 6 man Tablebases are more important? >>>And lastly, since with only one partition, it is recommended to always leave >>>10-20 percent of empty harddrive space, for various reasons...(Operating System >>>and Swapping being some of them), with a partitioned Harddrive, should I leave >>>some empty space on the drive I am using for the Tablebases? >>> >>>Thanks >>>Brian >> >>Technically a 14.4 modem is fast enough to download them if you want to spend >>that kind of time. >> >>I use a cable modem, and I download roughly 10.6 gigs nightly (6 hour period), >>so DSL should be just fine. >> >>Peter > >Thanks again Peter >Brian I dont exactly know how much space the (already) generated 6 men tablebase will fill, but I know for sure that it will be lot more than the 23 Go you have. I remember Dr. Hyatt telling that he received a 200 Go HD filled with table base from M. Nalimov... and this is not for the complete set !!! Mathieu P.
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