Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 23:38:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com> To: Savage_Bradl@sirus.commnet.edu Cc: Help <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Install from Floppies? Message-ID: <199803300738.XAA07031@foo.primenet.com> References: <199803300326.TAA02296@hub.freebsd.org>
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In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >Hello. I've tried to download the installation files for floppies and I >can't seem to get a straight-forward text on which files I need to >download. Your layout text seems to insist that I get the CD. I don't think >my CD-RW (Memorex CRW-1622) will work, anyway. Plus I don't wanna pay for >the CD because I might not want to use it and that'd just be a waste of >money. So far, I've gotten the idea that I should download the whole 'bin' >directory so I did that. Is there a good text on the directory structure of >the online disk (i'm downloading from ftp.cdrom.com). I would like to get >X-Windows, but I don't even know where to start. I'm seeing about migrating >from Windows NT, and I've never used any type of Unix before. Well, thank >you for your time. Information concerning installing FreeBSD (including non-CDROM installation) is included at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html This includes from-floppy installation, which I do not recommend if you have other options. One of the (potentially) easiest methods is to use a network connection to the Internet, either Ethernet or modem and ppp/slip. I have done both and found them quite painless (although the modem method can be time-consuming, but not much more so than downloading the floppies in the first place). If you have specific questions about this section, please feel free to ask. -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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