From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 18 11:59:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA17715 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 11:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from foo.bar.com (F180-186.net.wisc.edu [144.92.180.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA17705 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 11:59:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jesse@foo.bar.com) Received: from localhost (jesse@localhost) by foo.bar.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA00441; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:46:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:46:37 -0600 (CST) From: "jtkipp@students.wisc.edu" Reply-To: zaphod@imailbox.com To: JB cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ------------ "And mama said, That's what you get for jumping on the bed!" Jesse Kipp, zaphod@imailbox.com, jtkipp@students.wisc.edu ------------ On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, JB wrote: > Dear SIR: > > My name is John Sconiers and I tried to load freebsd on my home > computer. I have had prolems and can't make a ppp connection with my > modem. Is there a way i could download the whole installation package > including xfree86 and install it from my dos partition or can i do > anything else beside buying the cd rom and book from walnut creek. You shouldn't plan to do an FTP install over a modem, if it's even supported, it's a scary thought. You can download all the files you need, and put them on the DOS partition in the c:\freebsd\ directory (in the same structure they were in on the server), but keep in mind that unless you have have a really really nice modem, this is basically going to be an indefinate project. I downloaded the binary (text only, no docs, etc...) FreeBSD and installed from dos partition, it took about six hours to down load the files I needed just for that (albeit I have a slow modem)... :(. I suggest either ordering the CD-ROM and saving a lot of headaches (and phone time) or going to your local university or library with some portable mass storage like a tape or zip disk if you are going to download FreeBSD + xfree86. Check out the FreeBSD web site (www.freebsd.org) for more information about installing. > > John > ********************************* > * M C S N E T * > * Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II * > * jrs@mcs.net * > *******************************