Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:37:06 -0500 From: "nerfboi" <yahrling@cybertours.com> To: "Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: newbie install Message-ID: <000701be40e8$58e2c700$b350ded1@nerfbaby.detma.org>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE40BE.6F328BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was able to easily do an ftp install at work, over our T1. I thought = I made a boot floppy for 2.2.8-stable but on boot the version shows as = 2.2.7. Did I do something wrong? Or is the "makeflop" version in = FreeBSD-Stable 2.2.7? =20 Now I'd like to do an install at home, but since I'm limited to a = dial-up I want to download the distributions I need at work, then bring = them home with zipdisks and install from a DOS partition. =20 I'm confused about a few things (even though I bought and read the = Complete FreeBSD manaul): which directories do I ftp down for, say, = 2.2.8-stable? The files I see in the various -Stable directories on the = ftp server appear to be source files. Are these compiled on-the-fly = during the ftp install, perhaps? I've tried twice (2.1.5 and 2.1.7) with the Walnut creek cdroms but they = always seem to be missing important things in the ports collection, = (like the manpages and an html browser. ) At least, the CDrom install = always complains that it can't find a lot of what I want to install. = MAKEing from the ftp server goes much better. Also, would you please clarify for me any practical differences between = obtaining and installing ports and packages, and why there appears to be = no bin directory in distfiles; after reading the how-to for floppy = install I expected to find one. I have a hunch that a few basic misconceptions may be fouling me up = here. Would you please get me re-oriented?=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE40BE.6F328BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I was able to easily do an ftp = install at work,=20 over our T1. I thought I made a boot floppy for 2.2.8-stable but = on boot=20 the version shows as 2.2.7. Did I do something wrong? Or is the=20 "makeflop" version in FreeBSD-Stable 2.2.7?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Now I'd like to do an install at = home, but since=20 I'm limited to a dial-up I want to download the distributions I need at = work,=20 then bring them home with zipdisks and install from a DOS = partition. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I'm confused about a few things = (even though I=20 bought and read the Complete FreeBSD manaul): which directories do I ftp = down=20 for, say, 2.2.8-stable? The </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D2>files I see=20 in the various -Stable directories on the ftp server appear to be source = files. Are these compiled on-the-fly during the ftp install,=20 perhaps?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I've tried twice (2.1.5 and 2.1.7) = with the=20 Walnut creek cdroms but they always seem to be missing important things = in the=20 ports collection, (like the manpages and an html browser. ) At = least, the=20 CDrom install always complains that it can't find a lot of what I want = to=20 install. MAKEing from the ftp server goes much = better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Also, would you please clarify for = me any=20 practical differences between obtaining and installing ports and = packages, and=20 why there appears to be no bin directory in distfiles; after reading the = how-to=20 for floppy install I expected to find one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have a hunch that a few basic = misconceptions=20 may be fouling me up here. Would you please get me=20 re-oriented? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE40BE.6F328BA0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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