From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 8 13:49:18 2004 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 1CEAB16A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:49:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-2.zoominternet.net (mail-2.zoominternet.net [63.67.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95AD043D5C for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:49:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vjason@zoominternet.net) Received: (qmail 16525 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2004 19:28:25 -0000 Received: from acs-24-154-249-88.zoominternet.net (HELO e2n0y6) ([24.154.249.88]) (envelope-sender ) by mail-2.zoominternet.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 8 Apr 2004 19:28:24 -0000 Message-ID: <000801c41dca$d3f40340$2101a8c0@berlex.com> From: "Adam Jason" To: Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:37:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Set-Up 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, 08 Apr 2004 20:49:18 -0000 Hi my friend was recently trying to install Free-BSD on old = computer; he bought the setup CD-ROM's, and I would like to stop using = someone else's server, and use my own. I am using one of the FTP site = folders and am having some difficulty. Right now I am trying to copy the = kern.flp or kern-small.flp file on to a floppy disk (trying to create a = boot disk, but I really don't know if this will work. Could you possibly = send me a brief description of how to set this up on my old dell = latitude? Could I create some sort of boot disk? I would greatly = appreciate your response. -Sincerely Adam Jason