Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:49:34 -0500 From: "Andrew Forgue" <aforgue@agitated.net> To: "David Simon" <d.simon@prodsoft.co.nz>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet Message-ID: <BHEIIIDANMOIGNMBCDPMOEFFCAAA.aforgue@agitated.net> In-Reply-To: <000001c09164$14f01790$a71ea8c0@davids3>
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Yes, download the install.iso from the mirror. I believe its ftp://<your mirror>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.2-install.iso and for <your mirror> just substitute the hostname of your local mirror or use ftpX.freebsd.org -Andrew -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Simon Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:14 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet Hi, I am a long-time Windows user who is interested in learning/using FreeBSD. I live in New Zealand, and found the local mirror site for the downloads. While I have used Unix (Solaris) at university a bit, I don't know enough about what 'bits' I need to do a default install. I downloaded what I thought I would need, and burned it to a CD, but the installation wouldn't work - it was missing some files. I attempted to download the whole site, but over my 56K modem that was going to take weeks!!! Is there a site (preferable close to NZ or Australia - for performance reasons) that has ISO CD images (for a default install) to download - i.e. download 2-3 650MB files, burn them to CD, then install. This way I don't need to guess what files I need, and hopefully can get my learning underway. Thanks in advance, David Simon, Soon-to-be FreeBSD User. P.S. By 'default install', I mean enough so that I can run a window manager, web browser, email client and possibly a web server (apache?). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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