Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 01:39:25 +0100 From: John Murphy <bigotfo@bigfoot.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CD Installation Set Message-ID: <WV3FOe5VVwHTn3v1iX0oc1J5xP2M@4ax.com>
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Drew Donmoyer wrote: >Greetings. >As a newbie to FreeBSD I have a few questions. You've come to the right place though plain text wrapped ~75 preferred ;) >I understand that installation may be done by preparing floppy installs >that will use the ftp site directly. Yes; it worked for me quite intuitively, though it was through a = previously set up FreeBSD-3.2 LAN. >I am better equipped to do the install from the installation CDs but am >unable to get them immediately. You have to equate your online speed/charge against your patience. It wasn't a difficult choice for me as I have an un-metered product in the = uk! >Can I make my own Installation CD Set by downloading from your ftp site? >Exactly how do I do this? You could go for the entire .iso of the recently released and = exceptionally good FreeBSD-4.1, but it's probably 650Mbyte or so. Or recreate the contents of /bin to a CDRom or DOS filesystem and install from there. (You'll need the two floppies though and I personally haven't tried the DOS method) Or you could just rawrite the two floppies and install from your nearest/ quickest ftp mirror. http://www.uk.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html You could even fit the files from /bin onto floppies and do it the really hard way. = ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1-RELEASE/bin/ >Will this be identical to the CD Install Set you sell? The disks you buy would hopefully be distributed by = WalnutCreek/CDRom.com/ BSDi but distributions vary. I don't know if the downloadable .iso would boot the same as the 'proper' CD distro. HTH John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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