Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 20:18:22 -0500 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Richard Paris <light_speed@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WHat do I download? Message-ID: <36D0B05E.3FC5812D@aei.ca> References: <199902211045.FAA14245@smtp11.bellglobal.com>
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Richard Paris wrote: > > I really want to download of the latest FreeBSD of the FTP site and just > downloaded about 700MB worth...But what did I just download? There are so > many hard links etc.... Isn't there just one directory that has the whole > cd-rom or cds there? What dirs do I have to download to get the whole > thing? I don't want to burn it onto CDROM only to find out that I am > missing files once I try and install it. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > LightSpeed. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message Hi 1) This is not the right list: ask on freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 2) You do not need to download everything. The better way to install FreeBSD is using two boot floppies that will fetch and install FreeBSD for you: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html Check "3. If you don't have a CDROM distribution then simply read ..." Thank You -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][French piss me off - Cartman, South Park] [The FreeBSD User Guide][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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