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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Nick Bradaschia wrote:

> Hello there! I am excited about installing FreeBSD on my system, but have
> a question.  What files will I need to download in order to have the basic
> BSD installed (i.e. just enough to get me on my feet)?? I am fairly
> familiar w/unix, but plan to learn much more... I looked through the
> readme file, but that didn't do me much good...
> thanks a lot!

At minimum:

floppies/boot.flp and tools/rawrite.exe to make the floppy

bin/ as the only dist

You will want:

manpages/
doc/
src/ssys

If you want XWindows:

XF8632/

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major