Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:59:36 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Brandon Cruz" <brandon.cruz87@attbi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hello Message-ID: <007d01c1ed9f$f2d4cd60$0dec910c@daleco> References: <3CCA1E7E.2AECF77E@attbi.com>
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From: "Brandon Cruz" <brandon.cruz87@attbi.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:43 PM Subject: Hello > Hello there, my name is Brandon Cruz and I was wondering how I could > download the FreeBSD for my computer. It would be great of you to answer > me back as soon as you could. Thanks very much. > > Brandon Hi, Brandon!! FreeBSD is pretty cool. You might tell us all something about your hardware if you want more specific answers to your questions. Also, FreeBSD is pretty "Read-Intensive," so if you haven't been "googling" for answers and/ or reading the freebsd.org site, you may not get helpful replies from everyone :-/ Here are some general instructions if you're running a PC (Windoze, 386-586 class CPU) box: 1. Visit www.freebsd.org and read the first page you see....about 5 paragraphs down is a mention that you need 2 blank floppies and "these directions" (which is a link) --- and that will give you quite a bit to go on. OR ----- 2. If you're a little more familiar with the 'net ftp anonymously to ftp.freebsd.org and cd to: pub/FreeBSD/Releases/i386/4.5-RELEASE/floppies >binary >get kern.flp >mfsroot.flp then cd / and cd tools and: >get fdimage.exe put these in their own folder, open a DOS prompt there and insert a floppy. Then c:\floppydir\fdimage kern.flp a: and so on.....then, boot your box with the kern.flp diskette..... Like I said, READ lots. Someone has already posted some links. If you have broadband and a CD burner, you might go for the ISO images instead, but I always do installs via FTP. (doing one tonight, BTW) Kevin Kinsey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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