From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 7 19: 6:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vimfuego.saarinen.org (saarinen.org [203.79.82.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FD0C37B698 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:06:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from dendennis.saarinen.org ([192.168.1.2] helo=DENDENNIS) by vimfuego.saarinen.org with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14QhMQ-0000Lq-01; Thu, 08 Feb 2001 16:03:06 +1300 From: "Juha Saarinen" To: "David Simon" , Subject: RE: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:05:30 +1300 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <000001c09164$14f01790$a71ea8c0@davids3> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David, ftp.clear.net.nz has a fast mirror of FreeBSD. You don't need to download the ISO images, however. The menu-driven installation program lets you pick'n'choose between some ready-made installation alternatives which should get you going. If you need more stuff after that, you can always install it later (from the ports collection, e.g.). -- Juha :-Þ -----Original Message----- :-Þ From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG :-Þ [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Simon :-Þ Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:14 PM :-Þ To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG :-Þ Subject: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet :-Þ :-Þ :-Þ Hi, :-Þ :-Þ I am a long-time Windows user who is interested in :-Þ learning/using FreeBSD. :-Þ I live in New Zealand, and found the local mirror site for the :-Þ downloads. :-Þ While I have used Unix (Solaris) at university a bit, I don't :-Þ know enough :-Þ about what 'bits' I need to do a default install. I downloaded what I :-Þ thought I would need, and burned it to a CD, but the :-Þ installation wouldn't :-Þ work - it was missing some files. I attempted to download the :-Þ whole site, :-Þ but over my 56K modem that was going to take weeks!!! Is there a site :-Þ (preferable close to NZ or Australia - for performance reasons) :-Þ that has ISO :-Þ CD images (for a default install) to download - i.e. download 2-3 650MB :-Þ files, burn them to CD, then install. This way I don't need to :-Þ guess what :-Þ files I need, and hopefully can get my learning underway. :-Þ :-Þ Thanks in advance, :-Þ :-Þ David Simon, :-Þ Soon-to-be FreeBSD User. :-Þ :-Þ P.S. By 'default install', I mean enough so that I can run a window :-Þ 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