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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 1999 00:59:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        "don't haveone" <hacked666@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910290056440.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <19991029033304.2692.rocketmail@web1606.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, don't haveone wrote:

> OK, I'll try again. What I'm looking for is an OS that
> can be used like Win 98.2, but is more stable and less
> likely to crash, or freeze. I would also like to be
> able to use it as a Web server if I want to where I
> could serve up my own Web site. Also, I have the 2
> floppies to install FreeBSD, and have tried to
> download it, but I have a somewhat unreliable
> connection and was wondering how I would download FBSD
> from the ftp site. Thanks again. 
> Ronald

You can download parts of the FreeBSD distribution from
the ftp site then later install from a DOS partition:

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/x619.html

go down to section 2.2.3 of this web page.

Also, if you choose "minimal installation" when installing
off the net, you can install more stuff after the machine
is up and running.  I would suggest also getting the 'manpages'
distribution along with 'minimal'a so you get the ppp manpages.

good luck,
-Alfred



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