From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 08:59:36 2004 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 8D42E16A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:59:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from lurch.noc.sgi.net (lurch.noc.sgi.net [208.40.181.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E042443D1F for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:59:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from streiner@stargate.net) Received: (qmail 16882 invoked by uid 100); 30 Mar 2004 16:57:43 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Mar 2004 16:57:43 -0000 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:57:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Streiner, Justin" X-X-Sender: streiner@lurch To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20040330021214.55800.qmail@web61107.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20040330021214.55800.qmail@web61107.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: I need help badly with freebsd 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, 30 Mar 2004 16:59:36 -0000 On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Steven Soria wrote: > I really need help getting FreeBSD. I cant seem to figure out how to > get FreeBSD. I really want and need this but I need to know how to get > it. My platform is I386 and please email me witha solution. There are several ways to get it, depending on what hardware you have. If you have a machine equipped with a CD burner, you can download the ISO images for the current FreeBSD i386 distribution, burn them onto CDs (total of 4 for the most recent 5.2 release), and install from that. Make sure your CD writer software recognizes that the files you downloaded are ISO images and not regular data files. If you don't have a CD burner, your best bet may be to either order the CDs from freebsdmall.com, or make an appropriate boot/install set on floppies, then complete the actual installation by downloading the packages you need from the net. Instructions for getting and installing FreeBSD are on the website at www.freebsd.org. jms