Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:53:11 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." <rarnold@colemantx.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: how many? Message-ID: <20000212115311.B7566@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <001d01bf74f3$18f5cc60$997b403f@ronaldjr>; from rarnold@colemantx.com on Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 06:49:59PM -0600 References: <3b.f43b34.25d5fadd@aol.com> <001d01bf74f3$18f5cc60$997b403f@ronaldjr>
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 06:49:59PM -0600, Ronald G. Arnold Jr. wrote:
> I would agree with Craig Burgess. I too, am new to FreeBSD and also getting
> away from Linux. I can't afford the CDs and can't seem to get it by booting
> with the boot floppies and ftping from freebsd.com, so I've been ftping all
> the files from there and saving them in Windows and have been downloading
> for 5 days so far, day and night. I use a dial up connection and only
> achieve a 28.8k, so I can't get much at a time. I was told that it would
> require about 25 floppies,or install from a DOS partition.
I'm getting quite amazed here. You can't afford the CD's, but you can
afford to use the telephone lines 5*24 hours! Have you got free
telephone connections. Please, tell me where this baby is! ;-)
Sorry couldn't let this one be.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Fravlahua@aol.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:53 PM
> Subject: how many?
>
>
> >
> > Hi, I m Josh. I would like to know about how many floppies would i need to
> > fit everything that should be downloaded from freebsd? Also i'd like to
> know
> > when i m installing it what should i do with the zipped files because i
> > floppy will not hold more than 1.44 mb and those zips are more than that?
> My
> > last question is, is there abyone out there that wouldn't mind teaching me
> > the ropes to free bsd?
> >
> > Thanks for your time. And advice.
> >
> > Bye
> > Josh
> >
> >
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