From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 12 9: 2:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94AC37B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:02:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from services.webwarrior.net (overlord-host99.dsl.visi.com [209.98.86.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55BBA43E6A for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:02:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from friar_josh@webwarrior.net) Received: from heater.vladsempire.net (12-218-27-215.client.mchsi.com [12.218.27.215]) by services.webwarrior.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA58251CF; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:02:55 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: SOS ftp is not working SOS From: Josh Paetzel Reply-To: friar_josh@webwarrior.net To: "M.Korte" Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3D57DD30.8000301@verizon.net> References: <3D57DD30.8000301@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 12 Aug 2002 11:01:14 +0000 Message-Id: <1029150076.229.2.camel@heater.vladsempire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 16:07, M.Korte wrote: > To Whom It May Concern, > > I am running Windows ME. The other night I tried to ftp a copy of > FreeBSD using IE. I eventually want to partition my hard drive and > install Unix on the new partition. I do NOT know how to ftp using > Windows. I clicked on the "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/" and let > the computer run on that URL for 24 hours. Then I had to take back the > computer with nothing to show for it. Is there any suggestion of how I > should carry out my eventual download of FreeBSD and then install it on > a new partition that I am going to set up using Partition Magic 7.0? > Yours very truly, > > Michael If you can use Partition Magic, then you will certainly be able to figure out how to use cuteFTP to get FreeBSD. :) 1) google for cuteftp download. 2) click on link 3) follow instructions on site on how to download and install cuteftp. 4) go to www.freebsd.org/handbook 5) read installation instructions, particularly where to find ftp images. 6) point cuteftp at images and have at it. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message