Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 21:57:10 +0100 From: "Lee" <lee@unassemble.co.uk> To: "Patricia Earlene Record" <recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: os Message-ID: <009701c23a67$2bad10c0$6400a8c0@wks1> References: <001501c23a7d$c4331400$38976fc6@momsputer>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0094_01C23A6F.8D35F660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Earlene, If you have a fast Internet connection (DSL/Cable) you can create a boot = floppy to start the installation and then download the rest of the files = directly from the FreeBSD servers via FTP. Have a look at the link = below: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.htm= l#INSTALL-FLOPPIES It is from the FreeBSD handbook. It would probably be a good idea for = you to read though most of the manual to find out if FreeBSD is really = what you are looking for. Cheers Lee ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Patricia Earlene Record=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 12:38 AM Subject: os I was wondering. I am a single mother of three trying to find a new = operating system for my laptop to free up my computer for my children. = However, i am unable to purchase operating software because it is just = to expensive and i cant afford to. I was reading your web site and was = wondering if you had a free version of this on 3.5 floppy disks. My = laptop only has floppy. if you could help please let me know. Thanks = Earlene ------=_NextPart_000_0094_01C23A6F.8D35F660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Earlene,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you have a fast Internet connection = (DSL/Cable)=20 you can create a boot floppy to start the installation and then download = the=20 rest of the files directly from the FreeBSD servers via FTP. Have a look = at the=20 link below:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install= -pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/bo= oks/handbook/install-pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is from the FreeBSD handbook. = It would=20 probably be a good idea for you to read though most of the manual to = find out if=20 FreeBSD is really what you are looking for.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lee</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Drecorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us=20 href=3D"mailto:recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us">Patricia Earlene Record</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 = href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 03, 2002 = 12:38=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> os</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was wondering. I am a single mother = of three=20 trying to find a new operating system for my laptop to free up my = computer for=20 my children. However, i am unable to purchase operating software = because it is=20 just to expensive and i cant afford to. I was reading your web site = and was=20 wondering if you had a free version of this on 3.5 floppy disks. My = laptop=20 only has floppy. if you could help please let me know. Thanks=20 Earlene</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0094_01C23A6F.8D35F660-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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