Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:47:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, LUCIANO@weissinc.com Cc: freebsd-questions-digest@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: questions-digest V3 #417 Message-ID: <XFMail.970915185150.dburr@POBoxes.com> In-Reply-To: <199709151801.LAA13463@hub.freebsd.org>
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My secret spy satellite informs me that on 15-Sep-97,
owner-questions-digest@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
>From: Luciano Uenoyama <LUCIANO@weissinc.com>
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 13:41:32 -0400
>Subject: Questions
>
>Hi there,
>
>I have gone through your web site and read almost all the readme's and
>other instructions but I could not download the files to setup BSD.
Apparently you missed a few things. (see below)
>I am quite new to the system but find it amazingly interesting and am
>willing to spend some time trying to figure it out. So I decided to
>write you a little note explaining my problems:
>
> When I try to copy the boot.blp t a floopy it does not let me, it
>says
>to insert a higher capacity disk.
These files are not "standard" files, i.e. you CANNOT just say "copy
boot.flp a:" from DOS. YOu need to write the actual file to a disk image,
using a program such as "rawrite" (this i available on the FreeBSD ftp
site, in the 'tools/' (?) subdirectory.
> Also which files should I download to have just the basic system?
YOu will want all of the files in the "bin" directory. Bear in mind that,
with these, you don't get much of the "neato stuff" that FreeBSD comes
with, such as the source code to the kernel (which you will need if you
want to configure additional devices or other stuff), etc.
Once you download them, you can either:
(a) Create a 'C:\FREEBSD\BIN\' directory on your hard drive, and copy them
all there. Then, choose the "From hard drive" or "From DOS
partition" (?) option when installing
(b) copy them onto floppy disks (you can fit about three files on a 1.44
MB disk), and choose the "install from floppies" method.
If you have a direct connection to the Net (e.g. ethernet), or even if you
have a PPP link with a 28.8 or greater modem, you can also install FreeBSD
directly over the Internet, WITHOUT having to download any special files
or anything (just the boot disk image as mentioned earlier). Choose the
"FTP" method for installing, and when prompted, set up your PPP connection
as described. It worked for me.
> Can I run the setup from Windows 95 or NT?
No. YOu must create the boot disk like I mentioned, and boot from it.
BTW: all of this information is in the FreeBSD FAQ.
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