From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 09:06:36 2003 Return-Path: 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 9BF6537B41E for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 09:06:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F87F43F93 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 09:06:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6746C213A1B for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id BB2C21A009F for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:05:31 -0500 From: kitsune To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030406130531.73e13a34.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030405085901.81414.qmail@web40105.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030405085901.81414.qmail@web40105.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.2claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: newbie installing from dos partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 17:06:37 -0000 On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:59:01 -0800 (PST) Dino Vliet wrote: > I want to install freebsd on my notebook and I'm > planning to do this by making a c:/freebsd map on my > windows98 partition and copying the files from the ftp > site to that directory. > > However, there is one complain. I only can do this by > using a ftp client which can pass through my firewall. > Because of that, the files are copied as http request > to my harddisk. > > All the maps on the ftp server I fetch one by one. > > My question is then, what to do with the packages map? > Do I have to fetch all the packages or do I just > simply copy the packages I want to have? But then, how > about the structure of the ftp server which has to be > the same on my harddisk. How do I put all the packages > in the appropriate maps like games, databases, editors > ...and more important...how do I build the ALL map? > > Hope someone can help me > > Brgds > Dino > Problem 1: Installation... Your idea is not workable... 1: FreeBSD, afaik, can not boot from a fat32 partition... 2: even it it could be getting it to work from such a odd place in the fs would not be fun... Problem 2: FTP... Get a client that can do passive ftp...