From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 13 20:15:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (law2-oe9.hotmail.com [216.32.180.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 168FD153C8 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:15:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill_day_25@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 94578 invoked by uid 65534); 14 Dec 1999 04:15:06 -0000 Message-ID: <19991214041506.94577.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [206.230.115.105] From: "William F. Day" To: Subject: Curiousity Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:17:14 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF45B7.CF4B1800" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF45B7.CF4B1800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, I'm preparing to build another computer and I am considering = running FreeBSD on it. Though my question is how do I download it = properly from a Windows based PC? I will be using the diskette = installation method, until I'm sure I'll keep it, then I plan to = purchase the book from Walnut Creek CD-ROM that contains the CD's and = shareware. what would be my steps to retrieve it(and exactly which version) = using an ftp utility such as ws_ftp95 that offers a binary transfer? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Bill ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BF45B7.CF4B1800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Well, I'm preparing = to build=20 another computer and I am considering running FreeBSD on it. = Though my=20 question is how do I download it properly from a Windows based PC? = I will=20 be using the diskette installation method, until I'm sure I'll keep it, = then I=20 plan to purchase the book from Walnut Creek CD-ROM that contains the = CD's and=20 shareware.

what would be my = steps to=20 retrieve it(and exactly which version) using an ftp utility such as = ws_ftp95=20 that offers a binary transfer?

Any help would be greatly = appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill

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