From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 13 16:10:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BACFC16A40F for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from post-23.mail.nl.demon.net (post-23.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F7B43D75 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from aseed.demon.nl ([83.160.138.119]:22520 helo=http.aseed.net) by post-23.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GYPcG-000EsV-3u; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:32 +0000 Received: from amandla (217-19-30-147.dsl.cambrium.nl [217.19.30.147]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by http.aseed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC26B56434; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:10:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:10:30 +0200 From: albi To: "Rick Stout" Message-Id: <20061013181030.8b409095.albi@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: <000601c6eed9$f6d07b90$6701a8c0@dads> References: <000601c6eed9$f6d07b90$6701a8c0@dads> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Download what? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:40 -0000 On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:12:13 -0500 "Rick Stout" wrote: > I am new to FreeBSD and wish to install a version (6.1) within VMWare > to learn the system. I have installed and used Ubuntu Linux using the > Gnome desktop and have extensive experience with all of the Windows > OS's. The problem I am having is trying to determine without too much > trial and error which ISO(s) to download. I have downloaded both ISO > disks (1 & 2) for an i386 platform. Are both disks necessary for > installation (the 505mb and 574mb) ? Or are each disk the same > version using a different desktop? Basically, what ISO(s) do I need > to burn to disk for the initial installation? you only need disc 1 for install, and in vmware you don't have to burn iso-images, you can choose to use the iso as a "virtual cdrom" (at least, in the "free of charge" vmware server you can) -- grtjs, albi