Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:00:45 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Ben Turner" <turnball_@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.4 Message-ID: <007301c14a9a$9c7de580$6600000a@columbia> In-Reply-To: <OE41ux4Jf7zynrvDOv500007031@hotmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ben Turner > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:53 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.4 > > > Yea I figured out that it was an extremely old version after I had gotten > the disks to finally boot up. I tried to get the newer 4.3 but I couldn't > get it on a disk properly. I have burned the 4.4, 4.3, and 4.2 > verison and > all of them are not viewable after I burn them. Since I haven't been able > to view the files on the disk, I haven't been able to make any boot disks. > For some reason none of these cd's are bootable either. > > Well so much for buying a book and having a decent copy of FreeBSD in it. > Getting close to scrapping the whole FreeBSD project and going with Redhat > just because I think I have a disk for it that will install without > requiring a PHD in Computer Science. If you download the images of the boot floppies for 4.4, and have a decently high speed Internet connection, why not just do an FTP install? That way, you won't have to mess with the CDs, etc. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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