From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 1 17:41:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA20106 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 17:41:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA20101 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 17:41:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id MAA26683; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:11:10 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971102121110.03928@lemis.com> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:11:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Blue Temp Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hmmmm References: <345BBDAB.49514BE5@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <345BBDAB.49514BE5@mindspring.com>; from Blue Temp on Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 05:39:24PM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 05:39:24PM -0600, Blue Temp wrote: > I have been trying to install freebsd for about 4 hours now. Reading > your webpage re reading it, logging on to your ftp site ect. Even tried > the floppy installation which btw: was a work of genius. I mean giving a > program that "Supposedly" Formats and makes a floppy bootable for the > installation is a really great idea. If it worked! Even the attempt at > d/ling the boot.flp is a good idea if it fit on a floppy. Looks like you're downloading it incorrectly. You have do download it in binary. > Yeah it would be cool to buy a cd just so that I could have freeware. > But there is something that just doesn't seem right about that ave. There's plenty right about it. Saves you a lot of holes in your foot. Greg