Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:41:25 -0700 From: charon@freethought.org To: "Brooks, Reginald P." <BrooksRP@PWCPEARL.NAVY.MIL>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990812224125.00a8e100@mail> In-Reply-To: <170261B725E5D111A81C00A0C9B411BE01F35EE8@pwcntexch1.pwcpea rl.navy.mil>
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At 07:03 PM 8/12/99 -1000, Brooks, Reginald P. wrote: >I have been hearing a little about FreeBSD so I decided to give it try. I >visited your home page and tried to figure out how to download the OS. Your >instructions lead from ftp to ftp with list upon list of files to download >but I could not identify any file that appeared to actually contain the >basic OS or kernal. > >For example. If I am on the following page, >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable >which file or files would I download and install to provide the basic OS? >Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. > >Thank you >Reggie I agree with previous posts saying that you might want to consider CD's. I used FreeBSD for 2 years without ever touching a CD, but I think I would have picked up on it quite a bit faster if I'd had the CD's and _The_Complete_FreeBSD_. However, if you _do_ want to download via FTP (the truly free way): You'll want to look at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ26.html and http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/x620.html. Basically, you just need /bin to get a system running, but you'll probably want to look into downloading /manpages, /compat* (for compatability with other versions of FreeBSD), some of the /src files (syss* to be specific) so you can make a custom kernel, /ports so you can use the great ports system for intalling programs, and /floppies so you can make the boot floppies. Good luck! -Charon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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