From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 10 02:21:25 2005 Return-Path: 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 7F46A16A4CE for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:21:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA6243D48 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:21:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp36-4.lns1.adl1.internode.on.net [150.101.36.4]) j0A2LF1B095190; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:51:16 +1030 (CST) From: Malcolm Kay Organization: at home To: Joshua Tinnin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:51:14 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20050109085346.D88A823EE65@ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com> <20050109132854.GD44181@gothmog.gr> <200501091730.21540.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <200501091730.21540.krinklyfig@spymac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501101251.14691.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> cc: Giorgos Keramidas Subject: Re: I quit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:21:25 -0000 On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:00 pm, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > On Sunday 09 January 2005 05:28 am, Giorgos Keramidas > > wrote: > > On 2005-01-09 16:53, william gatlin > > wrote: > > > I have spent at least two weeks of my free time downloading 5.3 and > > > trying to get it to work. After figuring out how to get an ISO > > > image, windows couldn't do it because netscape insisted on > > > modifying the file, I loaded it and got a lot of error code 1 > > > messages that I never did figure out. I changed the partitioning > > > and allowed 1/2 a gig for the root directory and loaded it again. > > > > Netscape is acting silly. Avoid downloading ISO images with it. The > > ISO images are available through FTP, so you can use any plain good > > old FTP client[1] to get a copy of the images. > > > > [1] Even the command line "ftp" program that comes with Windows can > > be used, if you feel like doing so. > > Personally, I think this is easier, especially because it will download > the file without mangling it, and the commands are very intuitive and > are common to all ftp servers. GUI ftp clients mostly just enter these > same commands when you click the buttons. > > If you're using Win, first thing you should do is click on Start, then > Run, then type in "cmd" (no quotes) and hit enter. The commands will be > typed in that window. Sorry if this seems rudimentary, but it can't > hurt to mention these things, especially if you're coming from Win. > > As the Win ftp client is/was (not sure anymore) essentially the freebsd > ftp client (iirc the UC copyright is still in ftp.exe), you can use > these commands on either one ("ftp>" and "%" are prompts and shouldn't > be typed): > > % ftp ftp4.freebsd.org > > (this is a mirror close to me) > > You have to log in anonymously: > > Name (ftp4.freebsd.org:yourmachine): anonymous > Password: > > (just hit enter) > > Then we should change directories remotely and locally, so we are > downloading from the right place into the right place: > > ftp> cd /pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/5.3 > ftp> lcd /path/to/download/dir > > (change the path in the second command to be your local download > directory - in Win you might have to use backslashes to refer to a > local path, such as > C:\path\to\download\dir , but it's been a while) > > Now, download the two main install ISOs: > On a MS system you'll probably need to set the file mode to prevent \n being translated to \r\n. It can be quite frustarating to realise this only after hours of download :- ftp> binary > ftp> get 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > ftp> get 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso > > And, if you want: > > ftp> get 5.3-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso > ftp> get 5.3-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso > > When it's all done downloading, type: > > ftp> bye > Malcolm > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"