From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 12:01:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA05412 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:01:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shani.net (root@shani.net [192.115.25.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA05400 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:01:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ijon@forum2.org) Received: from ijon (ts023p8.pop9a.netvision.net.il [194.90.5.172]) by shani.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA20260 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:58:07 +0200 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971215203427.006e8314@shani.net> X-Sender: ijon@shani.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:34:27 +0200 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ijon Tichy Subject: distributions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi. I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but what IS the distribution precisely. What is the minimum set of directories and files I need to download from ftp.freebsd.org and mirrors to begin a basic FreeBSD developer installation? I have the floppy, and tried an FTP installation, but for some reason it would not talk to my modem just yet... :( -- Ijon Tichy Sailing the 'net in the only e-mail: ijon@forum2.org Space Barrel known to man. Homepage: http://www.forum2.org/ijon MOO: VotSB, telnet://forum2.org:7777