From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 19 23:25:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA14656 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kevin.sunshine.net (pme09.sunshine.net [204.191.205.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA14644 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:25:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by kevin.sunshine.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA01285; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:19:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: kevin.sunshine.net: cagey owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:19:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk X-Sender: cagey@kevin.sunshine.net Reply-To: Kevin Eliuk To: benonie@pacbell.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what to get In-Reply-To: <33AA0A92.4E51@pacbell.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, 19 Jun 1997 benonie@pacbell.net wrote: > I was wondering what exactly I needed to download to get the full > release with all networking capabilities. I have already downloaded > several files totalling about 100mb or a little more. Should I download > everything that is in the release directory? That seems a little odd > though, the handbook states that the os should be about 60mb and I have > well more than that. So you see my situation, and I have looked thruogh > all your on-line documentation about it. Just a little guidence please > so that I can get going and save 40megs of space > Thank you in advance, Benonie/Nate > This should help:) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> >FreeBSD File Requirements: >> > >> >REQUIRED: >> > floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image) >> > tools/rawrite.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer) >> > bin/* >> > >> >RECOMMENDED: >> > manpages/ >> > compat*/ >> > doc/ (at your discretion) >> > src/ssys.* >> > >> Could you elaborate a little on the reasons for including the "compat" and >> "ssys" files in a "recommended" installation? > >compat - ensure backwards compatibility with existing apps, ie packages. >You could live without it if you build everything from scratch. > >ssys - kernel source. Don't leave the FTP site without it. There are >many cases where you'll want to rebuild your kernel to add or reconfigure >devices, so it's a good idea to have this on at least one of your systems. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major -- =| Regards, =| FreeBSD ==> http://www.FreeBSD.org =| Kevin G. Eliuk =| "Free at last, free at last, ..."