From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 18 21:53: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8829437B400 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nycsmtp3out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp3out.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.228]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C407343E3B for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:53:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scottro@despammed.com) Received: from despammed.com (66-108-172-188.nyc.rr.com [66.108.172.188]) by nycsmtp3out.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.12.1/Road Runner SMTP Server 1.0) with SMTP id g7J4tQgQ010504; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 00:55:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 00:59:23 -0500 From: Scott Robbins To: Edwin Groothuis Cc: broly@bigfoot.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.6 installation Message-ID: <20020819055923.GA22936%scottro@despammed.com> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , broly@bigfoot.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020819041227.81143.qmail@web21301.mail.yahoo.com> <20020819044553.GF785@k7.mavetju> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020819044553.GF785@k7.mavetju> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i-ja.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:45:53PM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: >=20 > The file you've downloaded is a one-on-one mirror of a CD image. > That means, don't drag-or-drop it or you'll end up with a file > called 4.6-install.iso on your CD instead of the directory layout > you expect(*). Tell your software to treat the file as an ISO image > and you'll end up with the directory layout you expect. >=20 > (*) Don't laugh, already two people I know have had this happen to them. Only two? I maintain a faq for a few Linux lists aimed at beginners. That question was added quite awhile ago--these weren't necessarily stupid people, just people who didn't know any better. >=20 --=20 Scott PGP keyID EB3467D6 Cordelia: What's going on? Oh god, is the world ending? I have to research a paper on Bosnia for tomorrow, but if the world's ending, I'm not gonna bother. --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9YIk7+lTVdes0Z9YRAtrtAJ0YsjBT25aXkWBMuyHEF97lgKMevgCcCjYR zjxcKOHcAR3sfzyqw2Wrldo= =WGpJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message