From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 10 0: 0: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2826937B402 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2002 00:00:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA13875; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:53:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:53:30 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Libby Charles-CCL044 Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download Difficulties In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Libby Charles-CCL044 wrote: > > I need to download 4.5 release. I have really liked the way the 4.4 installed and I want to get the newer release. Unfortunately, I have a dialup. At work I have higher bandwidth, but have a problem with the proxy server not letting me get through to the FTP Server. I can, though, get a download via HTTP. Any suggestions how to obtain the file through the HTTP proxy? Thanks, > You can also update your system with cvsup. You can get all the instructions from the handbook or one of the other books available on FreeBSD. Installing the full source from the 4.4 CD will make the cvsup time much shorter, but cvsup always just gets updates to the files you already have, so if it's interrupted you can run it again and eventually you'll get everything. (After you get the sources you rebuild the system with buildworld etc.) I've cvsupped sources over a 14.4 modem and had it work (after a few restarts) just fine. You might especially want to try it even if you want to reinstall, since you have this opportunity to practice. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message