From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 00:20:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA22458 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:20:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA22448 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:20:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA09898; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:20:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:20:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: vogt@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199711151632.JAA123314@fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 Nov 1997 vogt@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: > I am interested in getting FreeBSD, and I have a few questions. > > First, your ftp server is driving me crazy. All I need to know is where I > can get the Stable Version of FreeBSD in a single compressed file. If > there is no such file, where are the files that I need to download. > Second, I need to know about how much hard drive space this program will > take when installed. You wouldn't want One Big Compressed File; it'd be in the ballpark of 30 megabytes. See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html and refer to the following list: FreeBSD File Requirements: REQUIRED: floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image) tools/fdimage.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer) bin/* RECOMMENDED: manpages/ compat*/ doc/ (at your discretion) src/ssys.* Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major