From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 2 16:21:51 2002 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 2597837B400 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:21:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [216.187.105.233]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D288B43E3B for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:21:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: from gldis.ca (gldisater@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gldis.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g72NLdL3071183; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 19:21:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: (from gldisater@localhost) by gldis.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g72NLdRm071182; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 19:21:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 19:21:39 -0400 From: Jeremy Faulkner To: Peter Leftwich Cc: questions@freebsd.org, recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us Subject: Re: os Message-ID: <20020802192139.A70929@constans.gldis.ca> References: <001501c23a7d$c4331400$38976fc6@momsputer> <20020802173837.A90860-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020802173837.A90860-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:40:46PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:40:46PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Patricia Earlene Record wrote: > > I was wondering. I am a single mother of three trying to find a new > > operating system for my laptop to free up my computer for my children. > > However, i am unable to purchase operating software because it is just to > > expensive and i cant afford to. I was reading your web site and was > > wondering if you had a free version of this on 3.5 floppy disks. My > > laptop only has floppy. if you could help please let me know. Thanks Earlene > > Your laptop didn't come with an OS? FreeBSD does have free bootable > floppies but these are used only in preparation for installing the whole > (or minimal) set of files for the OS over FTP. Many here would recommend > you have high bandwidth Internet (fast connection) if you plan to do so. > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 FreeBSD can be installed from floppies. It's an unpleasant procedure to get a minimal install, but it can be done. I would recommend the use of a PLIP or SLIP installation instead, but this would require another system to act as a server. Earlene, I'm going to guess that you don't have a lot of experience with UNIX-like operating system. I would recommend that you attempt to find a user group near you, they will be able to assist you. Many such groups have "Installathons" to assist/perform installations for people interested in using freely available UNIX-like operating systems. -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message