Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 20:34:03 -0400 From: dave@hawk-systems.com (Dave) To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>, "Richard A. Noordam" <rnoordam@turbonet.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ISO Images Message-ID: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNKEBAHNAA.dave@hawk-systems.com> In-Reply-To: <20010818172756.A74365@xor.obsecurity.org>
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especially since the ISO is old days after they are created... you still have to end up doing a CVSUP immediately after installing the ISO... save some time. >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway >Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 8:28 PM >To: Richard A. Noordam >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: ISO Images > > >On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:07:20PM -0700, Richard A. Noordam wrote: >> I am trying to change OS's from Redhat Linux to Free BSD. I am >however having difficulty finding the bootable ISO FreeBSD Install >Images for download. >> >> Any assistance would be appreciated. I am probably just missing the >obvious in my search for them... > >Unlike Redhat, you don't need ISO images to install FreeBSD. ISO >images are incredibly bandwidth-unfriendly and while useful for >systems which aren't directly connected to the internet, if you have >Internet connectivity it's much easier to just download the install >floppy disk image and do an FTP-based install. > >Kris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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