Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:50:40 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> Cc: Karl Gamble <karl@qunos.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970524174653.20368I-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970524121349.joki@jocki.domestic.de>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997, Joachim Kuebart wrote: > all you need is to download boot.flp and fixit.flp (just in case) from a > /FreeBSD/floppies directory on any mirroring ftp site (e.g. ftp.freebsd.org) > When you boot your computer with tat floppy, it will be able to download all it > needs automatically, in case you are somehow connected to the Internet > (ethernet, ppp dial-in, ...) i'd recommend getting what you need and installing from DOS - since you are likely to screw up. if you have everything in DOS, you can re-install the entirety in minutes. it could take many hours via FTP. > If you are not directly connected, download the /bin, /manpages, /doc, and > /ports directories, put thm somewhere the install can see it (a DOS partition) > and install from there. In order to get XFree86 and a lot of other things, you > will have to manually go to the ports tree and fetch things. i'd recommend you NOT download the entire ports directory! just download the packages you'd like to install. > >What is the best way of download FreeBSD > > > >onto a WIN95 machine to install > > > >Is there a set of files needed, or is it a matter of getting the cd > > > > > >Many thanks > > > >Karl Gamble > >Tech Manger > > cu Jo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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