From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 6: 5:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from zcars04f.ca.nortel.com (zcars04f.nortelnetworks.com [47.129.242.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2080C37B401 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 06:05:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from zcard015.ca.nortel.com by zcars04f.ca.nortel.com; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:03:38 -0500 Received: by zcard015.ca.nortel.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1MM3HJ7D>; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:03:40 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Matthew Koivisto" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:03:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C091D7.EDC7BBE0" X-Orig: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C091D7.EDC7BBE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" There sure are :) I just did this last night for the first time actually. The .iso files can be found at ftp.nz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.2-install.iso (that's the new zealand ftp mirror) Downloading 650 megs on a 56K is gonna take for friggin ever tho was d/ling at 100K/sec last night and it still took 1h and 1/2 Please not that this CD image does not include al the distfiles and other goodies you're probibally gonna want to play with. If you don't ever want to have to d/l anything I would suggest forking out the $40 for the 4 CD set that has all the goodies on it. http://www.freebsdmall.com/software/bsd.phtml This will save you hours of d/l time, and it helps to support the freeBSD cuase :) I would of bought it, but I'm a starving university student and I have no $$. Matt koivisto -----Original Message----- From: David Simon [mailto:d.simon@prodsoft.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:14 PM To: freebsd-questions Subject: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet Hi, I am a long-time Windows user who is interested in learning/using FreeBSD. I live in New Zealand, and found the local mirror site for the downloads. While I have used Unix (Solaris) at university a bit, I don't know enough about what 'bits' I need to do a default install. I downloaded what I thought I would need, and burned it to a CD, but the installation wouldn't work - it was missing some files. I attempted to download the whole site, but over my 56K modem that was going to take weeks!!! Is there a site (preferable close to NZ or Australia - for performance reasons) that has ISO CD images (for a default install) to download - i.e. download 2-3 650MB files, burn them to CD, then install. This way I don't need to guess what files I need, and hopefully can get my learning underway. Thanks in advance, David Simon, Soon-to-be FreeBSD User. P.S. By 'default install', I mean enough so that I can run a window manager, web browser, email client and possibly a web server (apache?). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01C091D7.EDC7BBE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet

There sure are :)
I just did this last night for the first time = actually. The .iso files can be found at
ftp.nz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.2-ins= tall.iso (that's the new zealand ftp mirror)
Downloading 650 megs on a 56K is gonna take for = friggin ever tho was d/ling at 100K/sec last night and it still took 1h = and 1/2

Please not that this CD image does not include al the = distfiles and other goodies you're probibally gonna want to play with. = If you don't ever want to have to d/l anything I would suggest forking = out the $40 for the 4 CD set that has all the goodies on it. http://www.freebsdmall.com/software/bsd.phtml = This will save you hours of d/l time, and it helps to support the = freeBSD cuase :) I would of bought it, but I'm a starving university = student and I have no $$.

Matt koivisto
 -----Original Message-----
From:   David Simon [mailto:d.simon@prodsoft.co.nz= ]
Sent:   Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:14 = PM
To:     freebsd-questions
Subject:        = Obtaining CD Installation over the Internet

Hi,

I am a long-time Windows user who is interested in = learning/using FreeBSD.
I live in New Zealand, and found the local mirror = site for the downloads.
While I have used Unix (Solaris) at university a = bit, I don't know enough
about what 'bits' I need to do a default = install.  I downloaded what I
thought I would need, and burned it to a CD, but the = installation wouldn't
work - it was missing some files.  I attempted = to download the whole site,
but over my 56K modem that was going to take = weeks!!!  Is there a site
(preferable close to NZ or Australia - for = performance reasons) that has ISO
CD images (for a default install) to download - i.e. = download 2-3 650MB
files, burn them to CD, then install.  This way = I don't need to guess what
files I need, and hopefully can get my learning = underway.

Thanks in advance,

David Simon,
Soon-to-be FreeBSD User.

P.S.  By 'default install', I mean enough so = that I can run a window
manager, web browser, email client and possibly a = web server (apache?).




To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in = the body of the message

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