From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 12:27:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2239216A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 12:27:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from dm3cn8.bell.ca (dm3cn8.bell.ca [206.47.0.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CF6643FA3 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 12:27:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from christopher.hollow@cgi.com) Received: from 142.122.115.62dm3cn8.bell.ca with ESMTP (Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v5.0)); Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:19:24 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: D4A4E604-913A-4A1B-8C07-2866D92AD410 Received: from cgi.com ([142.122.30.40]) by bt5c69.on.bell.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 BESI_Messaging_7 Apr 29 2002 13:22:02) with ESMTP id HPE0GB00.G5W; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:19:23 -0500 Message-ID: <3FCF96CA.20108@cgi.com> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:19:22 -0500 From: "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dominick DiMantova" References: In-Reply-To: X-WSS-ID: 13D1494649848-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obtaining the unix o/s X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:27:26 -0000 > All I need to do is burn the iso images to my CD's and I've got the > entgire freebsd unix o/s? Yes. The whole show. Including the current packages/ports collection. > After that, is it going to be quite a process to > install the software, or am I better off spending 60 bucks and get the > CD's from a retailer? The installaion process is the same whether you download and burn the .iso as if you buy the retail CD. Either way, expect it to be "quite a porcess." =) The retail box ships with CDs, documentation and some sweet packaging. The online Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ is a dynamite reference and should be ample to get you up and running. But...being the good BSD user that you are, you can sleep well at night knowing that a portion of the proceeds of your retail FreeBSD purchase ended up in the coffers of the development team. Chris Dominick DiMantova wrote: >On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > > > >>Dominick DiMantova wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>My name is Dominick DiMantova and I have a question, or two: >>> >>>1. what is the difference in either purchasing the media or downloading >>>the software? If I want to download the software, when I go to one of the >>>ftp sites, I'm looking at the ste with alot of folders; how do I know what >>>I need to download? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Before committing too much time and energy, grab the >>FBSD handbook and read a few chapters. >> >> >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook >> (english version, multiple formats) >> >>If you are thinking of downloading a CD, then you're looking >>for an "ISO image" file. IIRC, there are some folders or links to >>folders fairly clearly marked according to system architecture; >>for Intel (PC compatible) machines, look for "i386". After that, >>the catch would be, "do I want 4.x, or 5.x" and, after that's >>decided, there are a couple of other options such as >>"the MINI ISO", the "standard ISO", etc. >> >> >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386 >> >> >> >All I need to do is burn the iso images to my CD's and I've got the >entgire freebsd unix o/s? After that, is it going to be quite a process to >install the software, or am I better off spending 60 bucks and get the >CD's from a retailer? > > >>My preferred method of installing FBSD is stated on the freebsd.org >>home page. "You need 2 freshly formatted floppies and these >>instructions...." >> >> >> >>>2. Is X Windows a separate product or does it come bundled with freebsd? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>A seperate product. If you create a FBSD box via the Internet, >>some additional bandwidth/time will be necessary to add >>X to the system. If you buy a FBSD CD set, you should have >>sufficient materials on those CD's to create a working FBSD+ >>X Windows system without much 'Net connectivity. >> >> >> >>>Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>>Sincerely, >>> >>>Dominick DiMantova >>> >>> >>> >>> >>HTH, >> >>Kevin Kinsey >>DaleCo, S.P. >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- Christopher Hollow - Technical Consultant Infrastructure & Technology Support 1 Dundas St. West, 11th floor, Toronto, ON 416.215.3075 ~ pager 416.339.9786