From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 29 20:48:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16377 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:48:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server1.wallnet.com (server1.wallnet.com [208.225.162.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA16372 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:48:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cweimann@server1.wallnet.com) Received: (from cweimann@localhost) by server1.wallnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id XAA25533; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 23:48:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981129234824.D24446@wallnet.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 23:48:24 -0500 From: "Christopher S. Weimann" To: Ed Suchocki , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd References: <000001be1c14$904de420$f6a08318@9zt3t.ce.mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <000001be1c14$904de420$f6a08318@9zt3t.ce.mediaone.net>; from Ed Suchocki on Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 09:50:25PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 09:50:25PM -0600, Ed Suchocki wrote: > I was expecting to find some insight here on the web but there is none to be > found. Where did you look? > How to download the software is as clear as mud. Go to http://www.freebsd.org and scroll down the page till you get to the section called "Easy to install". Follow the link called "these directions" which will take you to http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html then read this page. Step 3 on this page has a link to "installation boot disk image". Click on it to download the file via ftp ( yes even in MSIE ). Step 4 on this page has a link to fdimage.exe. Click on it to download. ( once again even with MSIE ). You now have everything you need to get FreeBSD installed. Follow the rest of the instructions on that page to create a boot disk. This boot disk will download everything over your modem ( or network connection if you are that lucky ). I don't think I told you anything here that isn't obvious from the page. > A person must be > completely familiar with FTP and Free BSD before attempting to download and > install it. You don't need anything but your web browser to get everything you need to install FreeBSD. > 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. The first time I installed ANY unix like system it was FreeBSD and I followed the handbook installation page instructions. There is a link to it right from the main page. > This operating system is only good to those who already > know it! > I don't know how to say this nicely but if you can't figure out how to click on a link to download a file you don't even know your own operating system. You might not have gotten Windows to install if you had to download it. A good choice might be to go to www.cdrom.com and order some FreeBSD CD-Roms. > 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. > www.cdrom.com has an Excellent package called The Complete FreeBSD is a big book and set of CDRoms to install from. > 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). > If you wanted to access ftp.freebsd.org you would put in the address ftp://ftp.freebsd.org. This is the same for just about any other ftp site as well. For example to go to Microsofts FTP site you would put in the address ftp://ftp.microsoft.com. Good luck! -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Christopher Weimann SysAdmin Wall Internet LLC. Email: cweimann@wallnet.com PO Box 255 Web: http://www.wallnet.com/~cweimann Manasquan NJ, 08736 732-223-1777 ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message