From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 17 22:22:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA15073 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:22:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA15063 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:21:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA08294; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:21:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 22:21:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Hans N Gruber cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation In-Reply-To: <19961115.192116.4367.0.hounddog@juno.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Hans N Gruber wrote: > I checked the list of mailing lists, and I'm unclear where to ask > installation questions. Right here, questions@freebsd.org. > The manual and FAQ have been of no great help, > because I wish to do a rather unconventional installation. I have no > cdrom drive, and my internet acces is limited. I can download files one > at a time (although reliability is an issue), and wish to download the > appropritate files and then install from my DOS partition. It is proving > to be a challenge to figure out exactly which files I need ( I want a > minimum install and the ability to compile C++), and during my previous > attempts at installation (several months ago) I ran into a few minor > problems. AT minumum, you'll just need the bin distribution (bin/bin.*). You'll want the manpages, doc, and src/ssys.* distribution files if you want to have any documentation and to rebuild the kernel. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major