From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 11 14:09:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA17669 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 May 1996 14:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA17662 for ; Sat, 11 May 1996 14:09:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-2.mail.demon.net (disperse.demon.co.uk [158.152.1.77]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with SMTP id OAA06398 for ; Sat, 11 May 1996 14:09:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-2.mail.demon.net id bk13652; 11 May 96 21:48 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa25284; 11 May 96 19:56 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA28049; Sat, 11 May 1996 18:25:27 GMT Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 18:25:27 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199605111825.SAA28049@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: csms030@burridge.nscc.ns.ca CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <241671D7377@mailserv.burridge.nscc.ns.ca> (message from DWAYNE FOSTER on Fri, 10 May 1996 11:38:42 GMT+400) Subject: Re: Downloading Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> DWAYNE FOSTER writes: > > I would like to download freeBsd to give it a try. I am think about > starting some type of internet service and I believe freeBSD would be > a good option for me. But I am not sure what I need to download. I > will be installing entirely from floppy. Could you please tell me > what I have to download ie the file names. Thank you At the very least, you'll need a boot disk, a root disk and the bin distribution (bin.aa, etc). A slightly tricky point is that you'll need to put root.flp in a directory called 'floppies' and the bin files in a directory called 'bin', as the installation program assumes the files are in the same directory tree as on the FTP site. If you're connected when you install it, you can actually save yourself a bit of messing around with floppies, BTW. Just download the boot floppy, boot up and use the FTP installation facility.