From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 30 00:24:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12542 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:24:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12536 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:24:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul1.u.washington.edu (root@saul1.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.10]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id AAA41652; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:24:37 -0700 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul1.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id AAA18811; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:24:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: Lee Powers cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help In-Reply-To: <000e01bdec22$37f83ae0$a9fabfa8@lunarwarez.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Lee Powers wrote: >um,no i said your site was cryptic i said please tell me the neame of the >file install.html doesnt tell the filename please tell me. Once again. There is no _one_ filename. >From the website which is cryptic... "Regardless of the installation media you choose, you can get started by creating the installation disk as described below." Also from the cryptic website... 3. If you don't have a CDROM distribution then simply download the installation boot disk image file to your hard drive, being sure to tell your browser to save rather than display the file. Note: This disk image can only be used with 1.44 megabyte 3.5 inch floppy disks. And just in case clicking on the link is too cryptic... ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp This is the file that you need to help you get all of the several hundred other files that makeup the system. Those instructions are completely usable by a complete newbie. I know. I was a complete newbie when I used them. The real trick is that you _must_ read them. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message