Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:37:51 +0100 From: peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen) To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Luis Thillet <l_thillet@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Download Message-ID: <86wtfqv31c.fsf@amidala.datadok.no> In-Reply-To: <BAY7-F6832217A9BC90278F1DF298FF0@phx.gbl> (Luis Thillet's message of "Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:27:34 %2B0000") References: <BAY7-F6832217A9BC90278F1DF298FF0@phx.gbl>
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"Luis Thillet" <l_thillet@hotmail.com> writes: > I have been trying (FOR A LONGTIME) to download a FreeBSD Unix OS (i.e. 5.4, > 6.0-RELEASE iso.i386). But it has never worked. I was wondering if your > company/team/crew have disabled it. Neither the operating system itself nor its download sites have been disabled for any noticeable length of time, if ever. The files needed to install FreeBSD have to the best of my knowledge been available continuously from the moment the respective versions were released. The description is a little short on details, so any suggestions from here are pure guesswork. Off the top of my head, - did the download complete? The size of a typical release ISO CD image file is likely to be in the 550 to 650 megabytes range, and could take considerable time if you are on a skinny line or downloading from somewhere distant network-wise. The Handbook lists a number of mirror sites which could be closer to your location than the primary site at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html - if the download did complete, what did you download and what did you do with it? Assuming you downloaded an ISO image, you would need to burn the file as an image, not a file, to a suitable CD medium. If you opted for the floppy images, you would need to follow the procedure outlined in the install docs to create a usable set. Installing by letting the installer fetch packages as needed could be time consuming as well, depending on your line speed and network conditions between your location and the chosen installation source. I suppose the most sensible thing to do is first to try to locate a user group or other friendly FreeBSD people in your area. People on this list should be able to provide pointers. I suppose even people not in your area should be able to burn you an install CD and mail it to you if that is what you need to get started. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ http://www.nuug.no/ "First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales" 20:11:56 delilah spamd[26905]: 146.151.48.74: disconnected after 36099 seconds.
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