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From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
To: elite lamer <ne0pt0lemus@hotmail.com>
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On 01-Sep-99 elite lamer wrote:
> What I had found most confusing is that I could not find out how to download
> freeBSD. I was just led around in circles until I finally found a phone 
> number where I
> can pay for a CD. It would be easier if the OS could be directly downloaded 
> from
> the website or atleast make it simpler on downloading it.

Try again. The FreeBSD FAQ precisely states on this page:

        http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/FAQ/install.html

...that the following are required (for typical MS-DOS/Windoze user):

        floppies/boot.flp
        bin/
        manpages/
        compat*/
        doc/
        src/ssys.*
        tools/rawrite.exe

You can get these off:

        ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.2-RELEASE/

There is also a list of various mirrors at:

        http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html

Please do your research better next time. A few good spots to look for FreeBSD
information:

        http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/handbook/
        http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/FAQ/
        http://www.freebsdzine.org/
        http://www.freebsdrocks.com/
        http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/
        http://www.daemonnews.org/
        http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/
        http://freebsd.tesserae.com/
        http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/
        http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/
        http://www.lemis.com/questions.html
        http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/projects/newbies.html
        http://www.ghis.net/~jim/
        http://www.mcs.net/~rneswold/www/fbsd-init.html
        http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~rpratt/
        http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/
        
..ad nauseum. I'm gonna have to stick all these links on a site someday. ;>

--
Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>


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