From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 6 7:58:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dsl-64-193-218-89.telocity.com (dsl-64-193-218-89.telocity.com [64.193.218.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 46DE637B449 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 07:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lucas@slb.to) Received: (qmail 28017 invoked by uid 1000); 6 Apr 2001 14:59:06 -0000 Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:59:06 -0500 From: Lucas Bergman To: Lisa Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions questions questions Message-ID: <20010406095906.B1618@billygoat.slb.to> Reply-To: lucas@slb.to References: <3ACDD7FA.BE07035C@toon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3ACDD7FA.BE07035C@toon.com>; from lisa@toon.com on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 08:51:38AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Consider me a newbie, a real, brand spanking new one. I want to set > up an Internet server on Unix using Apache and MySQL. Welcome. > I am looking at two OS's.... FreeBSD and Debian. I think FreeBSD is > probably better for what I need, but Debian is easier to figure out > how to get started... they have image files to make CD's from. And > while your site has wonderful info about where to get CD's, and how > to image the install floppies, I cannot find anywhere to find cd > image files. Do these exist? Yes. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES (Do the main server a favor and use a mirror, though.) I have a CD subscription myself, to support the project, but this is something to do after you commit yourself to FreeBSD. > If not, I assume I can just FTP all the files and burn that, making > the two floppies needed for install. Sure. > Well, here is my other problem.... I go to the FTP site and there > are hundreds of directories and thousands of files, I do not have a > clue which I am supposed to get. You're on the right track. Get everything but the packages directory for now (that's responsible for most of the files). Also, do yourself a favor and get a decent FTP client (one that can descend directories); in particular, don't try to do the download from a web browser. > One final question, in your humble opinion... Debian or FreeBSD? > What do you think? And WHY? I answer questions on this list, so clearly I prefer FreeBSD for most things. Three words: It doesn't crash. Ever. The only time I've ever gotten the OS to panic is by giving it a bad memory chip. I've gotten various Linux distributions to crash under lots of different circumstances, most of which I still haven't figured out. Clearly, YMMV applies. Lucas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message