Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 23:34:52 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: "William F. Day" <bill_day_25@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DOS user installing FreeBSD [ WAS: Re: Curiousity ] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912132317160.70548-100000@sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <19991214041506.94577.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi, there, William; Please configure your mail client, or get a new one, so that your messages are send as plain text, formatted to 72 characters per line. Messages formatted as yours were are very difficult to read with some clients. I'm glad to hear you're going to give FreeBSD a try. I must STRONGLY advise against doing a diskette based install, unless you have a VERY good reason to do so. Frankly, I'm not sure that know exactly how much work you'd be in for. :-) If you're going to download the release via FTP anyway, why not install over FTP? I have installed virtually every copy of FreeBSD in this manner, and recommend it. Even if you are stuck with a dialup connection, it's still a possibility. (I did a full install of 2.2.x with X over a 33.6k modem some time ago, as I recall...) If you *are* working on a slow connection, you can always just install the /bin, /docs, and /man distribution to get you going, and add distributions once your system is working. If you're on a dedicated high speed connection such as a DSL line (cable modem), the transfer time shouldn't be much of a concern. I can install, configure and boot a new system with X and full sources from scratch over a cable modem connection in about an hour. I can do the same over the T1 in... About An Hour(TM). And, with a cleverly modified boot disk, I can be doing my email over the net, to boot, while the distributions are being installed... But that's a lesson for another thread/day :-) If you're wanting to "try out" FreeBSD, go with 3.3-RELEASE or 3.3-STABLE (which is now 3.4-RC). Follow the instructions in INSTALL.TXT. Some handy servers: ftp.freebsd.org - Current 3.3-RELEASE binaries and boot floppies releng3.freebsd.org - If you want the most stable and up-to date version of FreeBSD available for installation, find a recent snapshot of 3.3 for i386 and download the boot floppies from there. The handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook/ describes much of this process in detail (see "Staying -STABLE with FreeBSD", and all sections on installing). On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, William F. Day wrote: > 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 > --- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> 50% Owner, Technical and Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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