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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">; <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="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="edit" spidmax="1027"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='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="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="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>FTP sites have a tendency to pause slow downloads until they time out.<span style="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="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Courier New";color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle17><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='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=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle17><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='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=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gareth Lawrence<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, July 26, 2002 6:53 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Where to start?</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Greetings All,</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt: windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='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="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=black><span style='color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks, interested in any advice on this :-)</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Awesome, </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>G.</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>help
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