From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 12 2:53:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5BD3EBC for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 02:53:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA43370; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:53:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA11177; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:53:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA07889; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:53:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:53:11 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: how many? Message-ID: <20000212115311.B7566@sr.se> Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt References: <3b.f43b34.25d5fadd@aol.com> <001d01bf74f3$18f5cc60$997b403f@ronaldjr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <001d01bf74f3$18f5cc60$997b403f@ronaldjr>; from rarnold@colemantx.com on Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 06:49:59PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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: > To: > 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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message