Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09:03:05 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@newsguy.com> To: "merlin@A470.demon.co.uk" <merlin@A470.demon.co.uk> Cc: "FreeBSD questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help on downloading latest FBSD Message-ID: <199809081303.GAA02891@newsguy.com>
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On Mon, 7 Sep 1998 20:45:33 -0400 (EDT), merlin@A470.demon.co.uk wrote: >I would like to download the latest FBSD from ftp.freebsd.org. >I've convinced someone to download this for me and create >the CD-ROM(s). It would be much, much easier if you could get the CDs from Walnut Creek. You could share the cost with a friend (or 2, or 3.....) and then have the person who offered you to burn the CDs to make copies. I suggest this because this way you don't have to worry about what you need to download. Also the CDs from Walnut Creek have other goodies (packages and ports) which are not as obvious to download to install. >I currently have Linux (Red Hat) and Windows95 on this machine, so >I can boot to one or t'other. Can I install FBSD and optionally boot >that? If you already have a boot manager the answer is yes. Are you using the Linux boot manager? >What's the chances of irretrievably damaging my hard disk during >the installation? (I'd rather experiment with an old hard-disk if there's >much risk with a complete-newbie install.) My advice is do backups and assume YOU WILL mess up your drive. Failing that I recommend you try on the second drive. This has nothing to do with FreeBSD, but with the fact that you will be playing around with partitions and other related things which do changes that erase all your data. Sometimes the changes per/se don't erase the data, but may just not make your computer bootable. The result is the same. Unless you know how to recover it is as bad as if you had trashed your data (specially if you don't have access to the net to read articles/FAQs on how to recover). >What am I going to find different/difficult/interesting/challenging/value-added in FBSD v. >Linux (RH) The only valid answer to that question is install it, give a try and get the answers for yourself. Anything else is just a very subjective opinion of what someone thinks... bla bla bla. > Assumption made that you may download the latest version of >FBSD from ftp.freebsd.org and then burn a CD, then install from that CD. >How? Read the FAQ/Handbook on what files you need if you were to install off a FAT partition. This would be the list of files your friend would need to DL and put on a CD for you. Hopefully others will give you better advice on this part. >I haven't a clue where to start!!! 1- Check the FAQ and handbook. Can save you lots of time and agravation. 2- Backup your data before you do anything with your partitions/boot record. 3- print anything you think you will need from the FAQ and Handbook since you may not have access to that once you start trying the installation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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