Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:42:15 -0400 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Gareth Lawrence" <gareth@mediasculpt.com> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Where to start? Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEJDCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <057601c234f7$3f1dcfc0$3201a8c0@zitan>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C23491.1B6807A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 4.6 is a release that contains some bugs which effect about 20% of the user base. After it was released these bugs came to light. Also some security holes also came to light. The 4.6.1-RC2.iso is an minimum base install which has all the bugs fixed. The iso files you see in the 4.6 directory is the original buggy release containing all the CDROM images. The 4.6-min.iso contains just the FBSD system and is smallest in size for shorter download times. This is the iso image most FBSD users download. A word of caution about using MS/Windows to download and burn cd. First of all if you are using a dialup connection to your ISP for internet connection you better use an FTP client that allows you to resume a download after losing your connection with not starting over from the beginning. The FBSD FTP sites have a tendency to pause slow downloads until they time out. Second not all windows CDROM burner software can create CD's from ISO files. Sure they can write the ISO file to CD, but this is not what has to be done. The ISO file is an CD image which has to be converted to normal readable directories format while being written to CD. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gareth Lawrence Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 6:53 PM To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Where to start? Greetings All, I want to download and install FreeBSD :-) I'm looking at the FTP directories, should I use the stable directory? Then I need to just download this stuff and burn in to CD and follow the steps outlined at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html - is that right? Thanks, interested in any advice on this :-) Awesome, G. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C23491.1B6807A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">; <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <meta name=3DProgId content=3DWord.Document> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=3DOriginator content=3D"Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=3DFile-List href=3D"cid:filelist.xml@01C23491.1B4675E0"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind> <w:EnvelopeVis/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:16792199 0 0 0 65791 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p.MsoAutoSig, li.MsoAutoSig, div.MsoAutoSig {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1027"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor=3Dwhite lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dblue = style=3D'tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Courier New"><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";color:navy'>4.6 is a release that contains some bugs which = effect about 20% of the user base. After it was released these bugs came to = light. Also some security holes also came to light. The 4.6.1-RC2.iso is an = minimum base install which has all the bugs fixed. The iso files you see in the = 4.6 directory is the original buggy release containing all the CDROM images. = The 4.6-min.iso contains just the FBSD system and is smallest in size for = shorter download times. This is the iso image most FBSD users download.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A word of caution about = using MS/Windows to download and burn cd. First of all if you are using a = dialup connection to your ISP for internet connection you better use an FTP = client that allows you to resume a download after losing your connection with = not starting over from the beginning. The FBSD<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>FTP sites have a tendency to pause slow downloads = until they time out.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </span>Second not all windows CDROM burner software can create CD's from ISO files. Sure = they can write the ISO file to CD, but this is not what has to be done. The ISO = file is an CD image which has to be converted to normal readable directories = format while being written to CD.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </span></span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Courier New"><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Courier = New";color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle17><font size=3D2 = color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle17><font size=3D2 = color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><!= [if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DTahoma><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG = [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gareth Lawrence<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, July 26, = 2002 6:53 PM<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> = freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG<br> <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Where to = start?</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><![if = !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Greetings All,</span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt: windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I want to download and install FreeBSD :-) I'm looking at the FTP directories, = should I use the stable directory? Then I need to just download this = stuff and burn in to CD and follow the steps outlined at: <a href=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install= .html">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.= html</a> - is that right?</span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks, interested in any advice on this :-)</span></font><font = color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Awesome, </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 = color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>G.</span></font>= <font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 = color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman"><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span = style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><= /p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C23491.1B6807A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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