From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 00:06:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA26467 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:06:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.rwth-aachen.de (mail.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.144.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA26449 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:06:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de) by mail.rwth-aachen.de (PMDF V5.0-4 #13110) id <01I06TGQGCBK002MWH@mail.rwth-aachen.de>; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:06:54 +0100 Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id JAA02813; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:07:22 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:07:21 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies Subject: Re: Help In-reply-to: <30FF2863.670D@borg.com> To: jpg1503@borg.com (Joshua G. Bartolomie) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Reply-to: Christoph Kukulies Message-id: <199601190807.JAA02813@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-type: text Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Help! > I know nothing of unix, which is why i am interested in Freebsd. A > freind of mine told me a bout it so i thought i'd give it a shot..! > I have 2 harddrives, both 1.08 gig in size, i want to have one dos and > one freebsd. BUT when i contact your web site to download, it connects > me to the ftp site, no biggie. but nowhere does it say what files i need > and what to do with them. i see lists of about a couple hundred files, > Do i need them all, or am i looking in the wrong directory?? > any and alll help appreciated! > Joshua G. Bartolomie > JGB1503@borg.com > It seems you have good internet connectivity, so do the following: Get the boot.flp from the ftp site ftp.freebsd.org://pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp You can use dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/rfd0a obs=18k (for a 1.44 MB floppy) or use rawrite.exe from DOS (This is in the 2.1.0-RELEASE/tools directory - I believe) Boot that floppy and follow the installation instructions. As install media choose ftp and a site near you. --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de