From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 19 14: 7:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-7.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0758C37B40E for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:07:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8AE5F66D15; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:07:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:07:18 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Doug Finch Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dumb question Message-ID: <20010819140718.B70950@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <3B80292D.76C3FC68@charter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XF85m9dhOBO43t/C" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B80292D.76C3FC68@charter.net>; from doug_1@charter.net on Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 04:01:33PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 04:01:33PM -0500, Doug Finch wrote: > I have been using SuSE Linux for the past year and have always installed > from a CDROM. I am quite eager to try FreeBSD but am unsure really > where to start. I went to your FTP site and saw the plethora of > different directories and files and did not know where to begin. Is > there somewhere I can get information on exactly what I need to download > from your server to get an x-windows workstation up and running. My > ultimate plans are to use this as a personal web server and personal > growth in Linux use/administration. =20 Go ot http://www.freebsd.org, scroll down about half a page, and look at the section which reads: Easy to install FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including CD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS partition, or if you have a network connection, you can install it directly over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a pair of blank, 1.44MB floppies and _these directions_. Kris --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7gCqFWry0BWjoQKURAvnPAJ4v9CBho91r98EMHigjU5xrffRoPQCfebqs zSkoa1O5FQs/88xcIuSK+wU= =5SVm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XF85m9dhOBO43t/C-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message