Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:09:12 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need to get updates, packages, ports, etc. via Windows XP wireless Message-ID: <20061108130912.679dfcab@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200611080040.kA80eC4x029734@mp.cs.niu.edu> References: <200611080040.kA80eC4x029734@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:40:12 -0600 (CST)
Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> wrote:
> Is there a workable procedure to use to get FreeBSD updates, packages,
> port source files, and so forth downloaded under Windows XP, which does have
> working wireless support, so that I can try to make 6.1 useful?
Get the binary packages you need from the freeBSD ftp. download them to your XP
box, then transfer via disk to fbsd. install, upgrade...
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