From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 20 22:27:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA20032 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:27:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from wavefront.wavefront.com (daemon@ns.wavefront.com [204.73.244.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA20025 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:27:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ocean@wavefront.com) Received: by wavefront.wavefront.com (8.6.10/SMI-4.1.R931202) id AAA07734; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:26:08 -0500 Received: from UNKNOWN(204.73.244.214), claiming to be "wavefront.com" via SMTP by ns.wavefront.com, id smtpdAAAa07732; Tue Oct 21 05:26:02 1997 Message-ID: <344C3D78.531C6773@wavefront.com> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:28:24 -0500 From: Michael Porter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Matthew D. Fuller" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Need some info... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, hui wrote: > > > I am a new to freeBSD or UNIX completely, but am very enthusiastic about > > learning. But I am having some problems, I have read all of your install > > procedures and I am still having a hard time. This is my dalima, I am trying > > to download freeBSD from the ftp site , and install it over FTP. But I can't > > seem to find the files or file I need to download. Would you please help me > > out and give me the info like I am 3 years old.. I am very computer > > literate, so don't give me the cold shoulder I would like to learn, what I > > am doing wrong.. > Much as a hate to give the impression of a cold shoulder, I'm going to > have to say RTFM on this. > The reference you want is: > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html > And scroll down to item 3. and 4. > 3. references the bootup floppy image file, and 4. is the program to write > this file to a floppy. > > > > > Thanks Aaron Owens > > Info@LiveShot.com > > > > Good luck, and welcome to the club! > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | > * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * > | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| > * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * > | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* I learned UNIX on FreeBSD about a year ago. I can tell you from experiance---- *BUY THE BOOK* Get the CD/Book combo, it's well worth it. I still reference the book now. I've tried reading books on learning UNIX...*SIGH* I get bored after 50 pages, I prefer to explore, and when I get stuck, look it up. Good luck, and feel free to e-mail me personally with questions. Michael Porter ocean@wavefront.com port0095@tc.umn.edu