Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 11:55:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: Jaap Willems <jaapw@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where and what exactly ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980530114926.10089C-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980530161436.27999A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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these people are missing the point.. you need to only download 1 (or if you use DOS/Win95, 2) files one is an image of a floppy disk. the other is a program to allow you to write the image to a floppy After you boot off the floppy, the software there takes care of downloading everything else you need (that you ask for) so you run it on a machine that either has a modemm or is on a net. the fiels are at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ under the distribution of your choice. (probably 2.2.6) look in 'floppies for the boot floppy (boot.flp) and under tools for the tool to write it to a floppy. If you use unix already, dd can be used to write the image to a floppy. make sure to read the ERRATA.TXT with the distribution you select for last minute problem fixes (there are some). and there are soem docs top rread there as well that describe the process in greater detail. julian On Sat, 30 May 1998, Dean Hollister wrote: > On Sat, 30 May 1998, Jaap Willems wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me where i should download freeBSD ? > > http://www.freebsd.org/ > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ > > > I also like to know which files you need (minimal) to run FreeBSD. > > User distribution should cover a basic setup. Ports are optional, but a > good idea. > > Regards, > > d. > > +-------------------------------------------------------+ > | Dean Hollister, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au | > | Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au | > +-------------------------------------------------------+ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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