Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 13:51:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Stuart Landreth <S_Landreth@compuserve.com> Cc: whoever can help me <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help me! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970531133806.182D-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <199705311307_MC2-179D-D040@compuserve.com>
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On Sat, 31 May 1997, Stuart Landreth wrote: > Hello, my name is Stuart Landreth and I'm 15 years old. > > I am interested in getting a copy of the FreeBSD operating system. I have > looked around your website and ftp site but I am not too sure what exactly > I need to download. > I found the handiest things to have on hand are: ABOUT.TXT HARDWARE.TXT INSTALL.TXT README.TXT RELNOTES.TXT :firstly. They reside at the top of every 2.x.x-RELEASE directory. > I have already downloaded the boot image and created a floppy but I am > unable to connect to the internet with the install program. > > I was considering ordering a CD-ROM but I can only afford it if the cost is > less than £15. > > Otherwise, I'd like to know what files I need for: the basic OS, x-windows, > and a few games, sound and art programs. If I cannot obtain a suitable > CD-ROM, I'd like to download the files I need from an FTP site. My suggestion if you want to install FTP and you are shooting for 2.2.x-RELEASE is do the floppy installation as described in INSTALL.TXT so as you have a backup and if things fail<plagerize>you can start again from scratch</plagerize>. All you need for that is the files from /bin which at 2.2.1 added up to 15 1.44MB "You Formatted" floppies (its covered in the docs) From there you can set up `ppp' and download the rest of your install from /stand/sysinstall easily. IMHO :) _______________________________________ |\ /| | \ kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net / | | \ Kevin G. Eliuk / | | /^\_________________________/^\ | | / \ | |/--===### Powered By FreeBSD 2.2.1 \| | www.freebsd.org | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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