Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 04:27:43 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> To: Pablo Pastor <Pablo.Pastor@Marconi.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020122122743.88253.qmail@web21104.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <OF185D0B38.B1649805-ON80256B49.003ED2A4@uk.marconicomms.com>
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--- Pablo Pastor <Pablo.Pastor@Marconi.com> wrote: > Are you not forgetting to mention that when a new > FreeBSD slice is created, > user needs to press S to set the slice as Bootable? This depends, on if the slice is added to an existing system, or a new system. If there is only one slice on the system, which is the FreeBSD slice, then the slice is automatically flagged as bootable, but if you have a second partition such as your Windows system, than your old settings will remain the same, i.e. you can boot your windows. Also, when you press (Q)uit in sysinstall's fdisk, it will ask you if you want to install a boot manager, which will give you the choice of booting your FreeBSD and windows. > 2) If I download my distributions using FTP, and > using Microsoft Internet Explorer to access the > FTP mirror, can I just download the files as they > are or will they be downloaded then in the wrong > format. Version 4.0+ of IE automatically determines file type (ascii or binary). Although, if it doesn't there is a way to change the download type. > I.E. Do I need to use a dedicated FTP program and > ensure that the binaries > are downloaded as binaries and not ASCII, or will MS > Internet Explorer pick > up the correct default format It should in most recent versions. ;) regards, - Hiten Pandya - <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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