From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 06:50:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4FA016A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:50:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9504F43D2D for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:50:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id hB9EoV110468; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:50:31 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200312091450.hB9EoV110468@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: maltamarco@euroweb.net.mt (Marco) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:50:30 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <3FD53BFE.000003.00452@matrix> from "Marco" at Dec 08, 2003 07:05:34 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free bsd !!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 14:50:37 -0000 > > Dear > I would like to down load the free bsd,I all ready tryd on the url :free = > bsd > org but I am unable to down load it, since the down load source is FTP = > and > I don't know how to down load an FTP file !! So please could you suggest = > me > how /where can I down load the free bsd in a simple manner =0D Most browsers will download ftp files for you if you click on them. Otherwise, just run cmd on your MS-Win system and then do ftp ftp.freebsd.org login as anonymous with a password of your email address cd to the right directory (down a ways) NOTE: Case is significant in these names. cd pub cd FreeBSD cd releases cd i386 cd ISO-IMAGES cd 4.9 You can do all this in one cd command cd pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.9 but I always make typing mistakes so I do it in pieces. set it to binary (type binary) retrieve the files by typing get XXXXXXXXXXXX.ISO whatever the filename is get 4.9-i386-mini.iso get CHECKSUM.MD5 (Checksum on ly needed for verification) quit out of ftp by typing 'bye' Find some instructions for your particular machine on burning the ISO to a CD NOTE: It is already an ISO so you do not have to make an ISO out of it. Just burn that file to CD. Boot it and install will begin. Follow it through and select installation over the net and select a convenient (close) ftp site. Probably you had better do some manual reading before actually trying this stuff out though. ////jerry > Regards=0D > Mark =0D > Europe