From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 18 11:09:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21637 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:09:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA21630 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:09:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.203]) by smtp05.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAAA5F; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:09:28 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <36A0D229.3D8C@internet-zahav.net> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:17:26 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: webmaster@galilnet.co.il Subject: RE: what to download Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 16-Jan-99 Jim Catz wrote: > I want to download and try freebsd. I have been to a ftp site and tried > to download release 2.2.1. When I enter this directory there are several > other directories. I thought maybe I need to download the BIN directory > but there is nothing in any of the files that can be read on the ftp > site that reveals exactly what files I need. I have made a boot floppy > and have succeeded in booting into the configuration program. Now I want > to download what ever else I need to install the whole biz. Please > advise. Very confusing uptil now. OK, see www.freebsd.org, the FAQ and in particular section 2.5 Also, don't go lower than version 2.2.8 or version 3.0 since any version below these are generally not in active, mayhaps only in production environments. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven It's a Dance of Energy, asmodai(at)wxs.nl when the Mind goes Binary... Network/Security Specialist BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message