From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 22:58:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24318 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:58:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (metriclient-2.uoregon.edu [128.223.172.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA24278 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:57:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA02922; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:57:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:57:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Ben Manes cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pre-installation Qs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Ben Manes wrote: > > Two simple questions: > > 1. If I download FreeBSD over an isdn line, is it hard to create > duplicates of the walnet creek cds? I'd use Adaptec EasyCd creator dlx > (win), so would the long filenames and such screw up the cd and make it > unusable?? How would I go about doing it? The installation files are all FAT-clean, so you can just arrange them like they are on the CD and burn a ISO9660 CD. The packages are another matter. > 2. What filesystem does freebsd use? I don't mean mounting, I mean its > own. I know Linux uses ext2, but heard BSDs use one thats more > corruptable. FreeBSD uses FFS (Fast FileSystem). The rumor about corruption is pure nonsense. > . Also, whats a good size partition for FreeBSD? I was > thinking between 1g and 1.5gs. As big as you like. 1g is a great starter. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: Make sure your mailer replies to dwhite@resnet or I won't get it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message