From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 6 12:31:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from saturn.terahertz.net (saturn.terahertz.net [209.83.5.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B9F01579F for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 12:31:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mustang@TeraHertz.Net) Received: from localhost (mustang@localhost) by saturn.terahertz.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA36947 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:37:54 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:37:54 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Malayter To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea/Opinion In-Reply-To: <13B13D9BA6EDD211AE390008C7916AFD055B8FDB@twctule004.twc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I think that would be a great idea. I know of a number of new users who had a hell of a time finding those files. Chris Malayter Mustang@TeraHertz.Net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Administrator, TeraHertz Communications | | | InterNIC CM3647 | Postmaster, Chorus Networks, Inc. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Behavior is hard to change...but character is nearly impossible" On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Evans, Shawn wrote: > For new FreeBSD users getting kern.flp and mfsroot.flp has become quite a > headache.. on the page: > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html fdimage.exe is linked.. I think > it might make things much easier on people if you would also include a link > to the dir(s) where current/stable .flp files can be found.. I have just > searched over and over in the html's and on several of the ftp sites and can > not for the life of me find the .flp's.. Granted I am the worlds worst at > searching for something on the web, honestly, I truly suck at it.. But I > have never had a problem finding the .flp's before today in ftp. > > This is very annoying, and for a new FreeBSD user it might be enough so for > them to give up unless this is the desired goal. > > Just a thought.. =) > > --- > - Shawn L. Evans, mailto:slevans@sprintparanet.com - > - Phone: 1-918-573-9336 Mobile: 1-918-361-7601 - > - TxtPge: 8882079104.3828282@pagenet.net - > - Pager: 1-800-724-3329 Pin 3828282 - > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message