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Sometimes I’ve had to create files to test transfer speeds between points.. sure you could transfer that 650 meg iso image of freebsd, or you could create a “blank” file..

dd if=/dev/zero of=linux.ex2 bs=1024 count=131072

creates 128mb blank file

dd if=/dev/random of=linux.ex2 bs=1024 count=131072

creates 128mb file with random characters in it

for example.. play around with the count numbers in bytes and your set.

I admit I’m a lazy person, so i love using the freebsd ports tree for software installs.. but when you don’t update it suddenly your left stuck without a source code file to install…

i’ve done updates using:

portsnap fetch update

give it a shot.