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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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> 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 instruction=
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at:

   http://www.freebsd.org/where.html

More specifically for amd64 (if you have one of the newer 64 bit computers)=
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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=20
(ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/7.0-RELEAS=
E-amd64-disc1.iso=20
and=20
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.0/7.0-RELEASE-=
i386-disc1.iso=20
respectively) are enough to install the operating system directly from CD.

=46or actually burning the images onto a physical CD, you would have to use=
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whichever CD burning software you have in Windows XP.

Make sure you consult the FreeBSD handbook in relation to installation and=
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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. I=
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things are unclear, please clarify what part you are having trouble will!

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/ Peter Schuller

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