From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 23:02:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5C9106566C for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:02:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from smtp.infidyne.com (ds9.infidyne.com [88.80.6.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C76248FC16 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:02:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from c-a916e555.03-51-73746f3.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (c-a916e555.03-51-73746f3.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [85.229.22.169]) by smtp.infidyne.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2603D7CA14; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:02:54 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Schuller To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:04:56 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <108666.9038.qm@web83401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1380082.PeRzHWTznR"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200803230005.07275.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: Matthew Woodson Subject: Re: I'd like some help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:02:57 -0000 --nextPart1380082.PeRzHWTznR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline > 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= s=20 at: http://www.freebsd.org/where.html More specifically for amd64 (if you have one of the newer 64 bit computers)= =20 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= =20 whichever CD burning software you have in Windows XP. Make sure you consult the FreeBSD handbook in relation to installation and= =20 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= f=20 things are unclear, please clarify what part you are having trouble will! =2D-=20 / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org --nextPart1380082.PeRzHWTznR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkflkKMACgkQDNor2+l1i3270gCguxtOoQbE3ShvLDAqbDMaXwEZ QbAAoOAW1C/YAG2XwCNBCl03qTFxH42S =A6re -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1380082.PeRzHWTznR--