Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 19:21:39 -0400 From: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, recorde@kirtland.cc.mi.us Subject: Re: os Message-ID: <20020802192139.A70929@constans.gldis.ca> In-Reply-To: <20020802173837.A90860-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:40:46PM -0400 References: <001501c23a7d$c4331400$38976fc6@momsputer> <20020802173837.A90860-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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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
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