Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:40:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: "Brooks, Reginald P." <BrooksRP@PWCPEARL.NAVY.MIL> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908131137590.91754-100000@dt011n65.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <170261B725E5D111A81C00A0C9B411BE01F35EE8@pwcntexch1.pwcpearl.navy.mil>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Brooks, Reginald P. wrote: > I have been hearing a little about FreeBSD so I decided to give it try. I > visited your home page and tried to figure out how to download the OS. Your > instructions lead from ftp to ftp with list upon list of files to download > but I could not identify any file that appeared to actually contain the > basic OS or kernal. > > For example. If I am on the following page, > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable > which file or files would I download and install to provide the basic OS? > Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Way back when I was a new user I was confused by this too. Take a look at ftp://releng3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/3.2-19990813-STABLE/ for the latest version and read the INSTALL.TXT file. Good luck, Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. -- Will Rogers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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