From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 11 20:31:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA24660 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:31:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA24655 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:31:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA00994; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:33:26 -0800 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:33:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Kevin cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: obtaining a copy of FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199603112045.PAA06884@host.blvl.igs.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Kevin wrote: > Hi there, > > I am interested in obtaining a copy of FreeBSD, but I have had > trouble finding the exact ftp directory. I tried to download it from > the site ftp://FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD, but I didn't know which Well, we need a leading "ftp." on that machine address: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/.... freebsd.org is another machine; ftp.freebsd.org is the main distribution site (with all the other stuff Walnut Creek puts out). > If you can tell me where to more easily obtain FreeBSD or attach the > files I require, I would appreciate it very much. I would like to > learn UNIX, and since I understand that this is one of the clones, > this would help me immensely. If you have a supported CDROM, that is the preferred method. You can order from Walnut Creek CDROM, http://www.cdrom.com/. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major