From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 17:05:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA19027 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:05:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA19022 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA23579; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:06:52 -0700 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:06:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Carol Roberts cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions In-Reply-To: <9604151659.AA02637@gw3.pacbell.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Carol Roberts wrote: > I would like to download FreeBSD to floppies using one PC and then load > it onto another PC. My questions are: > > 1. Can I do this without compromising my orginal machine I am using to > download to? Yes. You are only downloading the /dists directory. > 2. Do you have a section where I can find specific directions on how to > download this to the floppies without going to the hard drive of my > machine? You could ftp them directly to the floppies I guess, but that would be slow. You only need to grab 6 at a time, then copy them all to floppies while the next bunch of 6 comes down. > Sorry if these questions are kinda silly, but I'm quite new at this. It's ok. the floppy install isn't that well documented. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major