From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 18 17:19:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA14458 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 18 May 1996 17:19:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA14442 for ; Sat, 18 May 1996 17:19:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.7.3/8.6.9) id MAA11886; Fri, 17 May 1996 12:57:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605171957.MAA11886@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: Help To: bugnet@ix.netcom.com (TeeN-ZinE) Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 12:57:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "JULIAN Elischer" Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <317CE6D3.48C7@ix.netcom.com> from "TeeN-ZinE" at Apr 23, 96 10:19:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The answer to your question varies.. how is the machine in question attached to 'the net'? what hardware is in that machine? if not directly attached, do you have a ppp account? a slip account? Is it directly attached? is is not attached at all? does it have a cdrom? send more info and I'll attempt to help... julian > > Ok i have been tryin to optain a Unix type system for a while now via > FTP. But as you know it can be hell. I was wondering if you can tell me > what directories i would need to download to get the system and where > and how i would install them. the help files make no since to me at all. > I would be very greatful. Thanks > >