From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 29 13:02:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA19974 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:02:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from miraf-server2.hondutel.hn (miraf-server2.hondutel.hn [206.48.104.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA19915 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:02:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from quintana@hondutel.hn) Received: from skywalker.hondutel.hn ([207.42.188.100]) by miraf-server2.hondutel.hn (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id PAA09579; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:01:16 GMT Message-Id: <199801291501.PAA09579@miraf-server2.hondutel.hn> From: "Pablo Quintana" To: "Chris Hatton" , Subject: RE: Need Help Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 02:59:21 -0600 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" ---------- > De: Chris Hatton > A: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Asunto: Need Help > Fecha: Jueves 29 de Enero de 1998 2:42 PM > > Hello, > > I recently got a computer with win95 installed on it. I don't know that > much about computers, I want to put FreeBSD on my computer but I'm not > quite sure where to start. I want to install it from floppies, In the > install file is says that I need to make a install boot disk, I > downloaded the files, BOOT and fdimage. First be sure to have a binary boot.flp file. In other words do not just left-click the hypertext of the image file. Download it from an ftp server (e.g.: ftp.freebsd.org) in binary mode. Then do : c:\>fdimage boot.flp a: Please a brand new diskette. Then boot the computer with the disk inserted and follow the online instructions in the website. I don't know how to use the > fdimage file, how do I use it? My other question is do I have to > download just the files in the BIN\ directory? The installation program will do that for you. > Thanks, > > Chris Hatton > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com