From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Mar 16 20:32:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from berlin.atlantic.net (berlin.atlantic.net [209.208.0.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B01F037BCF4 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:32:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bobj@atlantic.net) Received: from mail.atlantic.net (mail.atlantic.net [209.208.0.71]) by berlin.atlantic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA20894; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:35:36 -0500 Received: from bsd.cisi.com (ocalflifanb-as-1-r1-ip-235.atlantic.net [209.208.28.235]) by mail.atlantic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA31373; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:32:34 -0500 Received: from nancy.cisi.com (nancy.cisi.com [192.168.0.131]) by bsd.cisi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA05967; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:28:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bobj@atlantic.net) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000316232902.00991100@rio.atlantic.net> X-Sender: bobj@rio.atlantic.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:29:02 -0500 To: david_marcantonio@sanger.k12.ca.us, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: Bob Johnson Subject: Re: FreeBSD suggestion In-Reply-To: <38D193A7.8221D8FE@sanger.k12.ca.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 06:08 PM 03/16/2000 -0800, David Marcantonio wrote: >Is it possible to provide FreeBSD in a ISO disk image format on your FTP >servers? I noticed RedHat has this option for downloading RedHat Linux. >You go to one of their FTP sites and you can find a directory called >"iso." After you download it, you can drop it on a CD-ROM burning app >and make an image of the CD they sell in stores. I feel this is a great >idea to get FreeBSD. If you provide an easy to copy format for beginners >of BSD, they won't have to figure out which file goes in what directory, >or which file they need. If you creat disk images of your FreeBSD, >someone with a quick connection can download it and have their own ready >to go copy of FreeBSD. This way, you'll get more novice BSD users to >install it. Just thought I might suggest that piece of info with you. > >David Marcantonio > Not only are ISO images already available at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/ but even if you don't use them, there is no need to "figure out which file goes in what directory". Simply create two floppy disks, boot from them, and they do the rest. See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html -- Bob +-------------------------------------------------------- | Bob Johnson | bobj@atlantic.net +-------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message