From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 28 12:13:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA09542 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:13:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09384 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:13:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA18449; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:13:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:13:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: SpuD cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hi In-Reply-To: <34CCD67E.7C6B73D3@ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, SpuD wrote: > i wanna install FreeBSD and > 1. i dont know which directory to download from your ftp (i dont wanna > install directly from the FTP). FreeBSD File Requirements: REQUIRED: floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image) tools/fdimage.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer) bin/* RECOMMENDED: manpages/ compat*/ doc/ (at your discretion) src/ssys.* > 2. can i install it over an existing Operating system (cuz i tried to > install and it told me he will get rid of all the information my disk). No, FreeBSD requires it's own slice. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major