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Subject: Re: Hello and a small problem with 8.0-RELEASE (amd64)
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Hello, nicholasbug!

On 2/11/2010 4:34 PM, nickolasbug@gmail.com wrote:
> 2010/2/11 Sean McCullough <wotan@frii.com>:
>   
>> Any ideas as to how to get the 8.0-RELEASE running on my amd64 machine
>> would be appreciated greatly. If I need to ask elsewhere, please
>> recommend accordingly.
>>
>>     
> Try binary update (use freebsd-update).
>
>   
Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the machine in question has
no access to highspeed internet service and has dialup only. I need to
be able to install the new OS from CD/DVD successfully.

No disrespect intended, but I'd like to be able to live to see the
solution implemented.  :-)

thank you again -- Sean