From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 30 14:28:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D89156F3 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:28:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:28:19 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105A38@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'FRiGHT' Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: RE: FreeBSD 3.2 packages directory Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:30:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG nope, you don't need to. When you try to install a specific package, it will go about downloading the file it needs at that time. None of the packages are required for installation. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: FRiGHT [SMTP:fright_@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 4:49 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: FreeBSD 3.2 packages directory > > Hi > > I've been downloading FreeBSD 3.2, and have downloaded everything except > the files in /packages. This directory's contents are huge, and I'm just > wondering if I have to download it all to install FreeBSD? > > Thanks for your time, > > Fred Dawson > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message