Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:04:56 +0100 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Matthew Woodson <chester5954@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: I'd like some help Message-ID: <200803230005.07275.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > I've been learning about a bunch of the BSD OSes, and i want to try Free > BSD, but i can't figure out how to download it and the instructions don't > make sense. I am running Windows XP OS- can you tell me how to download > Free BSD with it? The easiest method is probably to download CD-ROM images as per instructions at: http://www.freebsd.org/where.html More specifically for amd64 (if you have one of the newer 64 bit computers) you have: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/ Or for i386 (older 32 bit): ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/ DIsc 1 (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/7.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso and ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso respectively) are enough to install the operating system directly from CD. For actually burning the images onto a physical CD, you would have to use whichever CD burning software you have in Windows XP. Make sure you consult the FreeBSD handbook in relation to installation and aftewards: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ I don't know if this made any more sense than what you have already read. If things are unclear, please clarify what part you are having trouble will! -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkflkKMACgkQDNor2+l1i3270gCguxtOoQbE3ShvLDAqbDMaXwEZ QbAAoOAW1C/YAG2XwCNBCl03qTFxH42S =A6re -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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