From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 13 02:02:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA25715 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 02:02:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA25709 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 02:02:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zT0L1-0003E4-00; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:01:51 +0200 Message-ID: <19981013110151.B12356@cityip.co.za> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:01:51 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: impaqds@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mass Confusion Mail-Followup-To: impaqds@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199810130443.AAA27067@mail.lig.bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199810130443.AAA27067@mail.lig.bellsouth.net>; from impaqds@bellsouth.net on Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 12:48:16AM -0400 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 at 00:48 SAT, impaqds@bellsouth.net wrote: > > After spending a hour on dozens of web pages concerning FREEBSD > I decided to download the OS and try it out. > Funny thing. I cannot find one single reference on any ftp readme > or index file that tells me what specific name the FREEBSD OS is > listed under. I found hundreds of files and sub directories with [ ssssssssssnip ] Try: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html That is linked directly from the FreeBSD home page, BTW. To summarise: You download one file and use it to create an installation disk. Then you boot with it and follow instructions, and the OS more or less installs itself off the net. It can hardly imagine a simpler way of installing a completely new OS on a machine. -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message