Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 23:58:42 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: janarra <janarra@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Downloading and Installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980404235305.300G-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <35266C5A.FA9F0F6C@mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, janarra wrote: > I am feeling wicked stupid right about now ~ as we speak I am ~ or > atleast I think I am DLing FreeBSD ~ what I need to know is if there is > some wonderfully patient person willing to tell me exactly what I need > to do in order to successfully download and install FreeBSD. I have > connected to your FTP sights and all and am pretty sure I am doing this > right but I also read about something called a boot disk and all and I > am alittle confused right now ~ if someone could email me back telling > me exactly how to do this I would really appreciate it :) Thank you and > Brightest Blessings ~ Jana http://www.freebsd.org/install/ really does tell all. Including the part about the boot disc. I can't say it any better than this site. If the site confuses you then repost with a _specific_ question about a _specific_ step in the procedure. We will help you. If you aren't doing a cdrom installation then the boot disc method is second best. If you are downloading bunches of files but haven't used the boot disc yet, I recommend giving the above web page a read and use a boot disc. The boot disc has an installation program that: boots you into BSD, helps you set up your disc, connects you to the net, gets all of the files you need, puts them in all the right places, does some final configuration and voila. FreeBSD! Have fun, | Stop warning me about the latest virus. Learn more... Jason Wells | http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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