From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 5 16:49:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA29392 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:49:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA29382 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:49:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA28190; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:49:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:49:21 -0800 (PST) From: Stranger Bone To: silex@perfekt.perfekt.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question In-Reply-To: <32FA5DF7.1FA0@perfekt.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Feb 1997 silex@perfekt.perfekt.net wrote: > Where can I purchase freeBSD on a cdrom and about how much is it? I > think it would install easier on a cdrom rather then downloading it. > Thank You Walnut Creek CD-ROM is the company you want to contact. Their web page is http://www.cdrom.com (powered by FreeBSD, of course :). I happen to have the URL of the order form handy: http://www.cdrom.com/orderfrm.html. I believe it costs $40, $50 with a copy of Greg Lehey's book _The Complete FreeBSD_. I recommend getting the book if you've never installed FreeBSD before, it was very helpful to me and I've heard good reviews from others too. The current version shipping is 2.1.6.1; this release is very stable and mature and is good for machines that must be up without fail; however, version 2.2 should be on CD-ROM in about a month. 2.2 is newer and somewhat less well-tested; however, from what I've heard I would not call it unstable, and it's faster and has some nice new features. So depending on what you want to use FreeBSD for, you may want to wait a month and order then. > silex@perfekt.net > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."