Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:54:16 -0000 From: "Andy Stranks" <andy.stranks@actfs.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD install Message-ID: <01bd2a59$84264b40$3d342861@stranks.actfs.co.uk>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD2A59.84264B40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am attempting to install FreeBSD via your FTP site but encounter = problems going via my Proxy server. Therefore is there a file I can = download using my Browser that has 2.2.5 in say Zip or GZ format that I = can download, (downloading all the directories will take days!) N.B. I have read the instructions on Passive FTP but access has never = worked via our Proxy server direct from DOS, only Browser FTP possible. = (I couldn't tell you why!) You DOS install section does not mention where to get a single file. If a single file does not exist may I suggest that this is investigated = for people like me, PLEASE! Please help as I really want to be running Unix on my machine along side = Win95. P.S. Redhat and Slackware need downloading all the directories aswell, = be the first to offer a single file. Andy Stranks ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD2A59.84264B40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I am attempting to install FreeBSD = via your FTP=20 site but encounter problems going via my Proxy server. Therefore is = there a file=20 I can download using my Browser that has 2.2.5 in say Zip or GZ format = that I=20 can download, (downloading all the directories will take = days!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>N.B. I have read the instructions on Passive FTP but = access=20 has never worked via our Proxy server direct from DOS, only Browser FTP=20 possible. (I couldn't tell you why!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>You DOS install section does not mention where to = get a single=20 file.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>If a single file does not exist may = I suggest=20 that this is investigated for people like me, PLEASE!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Please help as I really want to be = running Unix=20 on my machine along side Win95.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>P.S. Redhat and Slackware need = downloading all=20 the directories aswell, be the first to offer a single = file.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Andy = Stranks</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD2A59.84264B40--
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