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Top-post, don't please.

"fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> writes:

> I have no idea what you mean by those statements.
> What floppies are you talking about?

The ones in the floppies directory.

> How do I download the snapshot version with all the files and
> sub-directors?

There are many ways you could do that, but there's no reason to.  Just
do a network-based install, booting from floppies.

> This snapshot URL must be a normal thing available to the general
> FreeBSD user.

"must be"?  If you want an ISO, stick with releases.  

> So there must be some pre-canned way to download and use it.
> How do I find this out?

Prepare the Boot Media.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html

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