Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:58:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: arthur doyle <baker21b@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971021095636.1984K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19971020005901.21251.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, arthur doyle wrote:
> Hello... I am interested in installing FreeBSD onto my home PC. However,
> my modem is only 14.4 and I think that it would be time consuming to
> install it via FTP. Fortunatey, I have access to a relatively fast
> network connection at my office. I would like to take advantage of this
> by downloading the source could onto my office PC than in turn, back it
> up onto tape or zip drive, then bring it home to install.
Note you must use a SCSI ZIP to install; when 3.0 comes around we'll have
support for the parallel Zip.
> Could you please tell me what directories I would need to download (and
> from what site), that would give me complete installation source code
> ie. the same contents as the FreeBSD CD.
FreeBSD File Requirements:
REQUIRED:
floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image)
tools/fdimage.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer)
bin/*
RECOMMENDED:
manpages/
compat*/
doc/ (at your discretion)
src/ssys.*
If you want the whole source then grab everything in src/.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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