From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 29 20:30:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15296 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:30:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iway1.iw.net (iway1.iw.net [204.157.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15291 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:30:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dragonknight@dtgnet.com) Received: from death (rap-dialup-12.dtgnet.com [216.16.6.12] (may be forged)) by iway1.iw.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA12851; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:29:48 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <001c01be1c19$a918fda0$0101a8c0@death> From: "Dragon Knight" To: "Ed Suchocki" , Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:26:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I know that many people are using Free Bsd in their systems. I'm curious how >these people have been able to figure where to start in using the system. I >was expecting to find some insight here on the web but there is none to be >found. How to download the software is as clear as mud. A person must be >completely familiar with FTP and Free BSD before attempting to download and >install it. If Free bsd is to get into the main stream there must be a >better way for people to get useful and clear information as to how to >install and download this system. The books that I have found are of no >great help either. This operating system is only good to those who already >know it! Hrmm... C:\>mkdir freebsd C:\>cd freebsd C:\freebsd>ftp ftp.cdrom.com Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com. 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-3.1.24 Mon Oct 19 00:05:06 PDT 1998) ready. User (wcarchive.cdrom.com:(none)): ---put "anonymous" in here 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. Password: ---now put in your e-mail address 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> now type "cd .2/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE" then type "binary" then type "prompt" ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> prompt Interactive mode Off then type "mget *" This would get the ENTIRE 2.2.7-RELEASE of FreeBSD including the packages. It would probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of a gigabyte or so. (i think). if you are on a modem get all the directories except the packages directory. Although it is easier to use Bullet Proof or CuteFTP than get it this way. > > If you know of any sites or books that discuss the features of FreeBSD and >have examples of how to use FTP to download it, I would appreciate the >information. > >I'm currently using MS Explorer 4.0 and I do not see any way of starting an >ftp file transfer (no reference in help). > >Frustrated in Chicago, > I ordered The Complete FreeBSD from Walnut Creek, read it 3 times or so, then read just about every text file i could find about installing and setting up FreeBSD and it installed from a DOS partition in less than 30 minutes and ran just peachily. It is quite easy to get the OS set up and learn the basics unless you are a complete idiot. In which case i suggest you order a RedHat linux CD. I hear the new version 5.2 is easier to install than ever. Samuel Greear To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message