From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 05:46:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E37716A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:46:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.finnovative.net (h204-247-59-114.ncal.verio.net [204.247.59.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3AFA43D4C for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:46:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linuxuser@finnovative.net) Received: from [192.168.1.88] ([67.170.234.154]) by mail.finnovative.net over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:46:21 -0800 Message-ID: <41C272A5.7000306@finnovative.net> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:46:13 -0800 From: Joaquin Menchaca User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Dec 2004 05:46:21.0663 (UTC) FILETIME=[BCC65EF0:01C4E3FB] Subject: What CD to use for installatoin X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:46:22 -0000 Hi, There are 4 images, and I am not sure which one to use to start out with: bootonly, miniinst, or disc 1. I read some FreeBSD books, the big orange* one and the brown one**, and from both I cannot find this simple newbie answer. :-) thanks, Joaquin Menchaca * *FreeBSD Unleashed (2nd Edition) *by Brian Tiemann, Michael Urban *** The Complete FreeBSD, Documentation from the Source (4th Edition)* by Greg Lehey