Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:34:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Arthur H. Johnson II" <arthur@tucows.com> To: Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com> Cc: Gregory Tarnowski <g_tarnowski@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: One large file for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908171233400.350-100000@Arthur.Linuxberg> In-Reply-To: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0303786D44@houston.matchlogic.com>
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I was just "trying out" FreeBSD when I downloaded the current ISO. Then again I am sortof a Linux expert, so your right ;) Arthur H. Johnson II http://www.linuxberg.com Linuxberg Manager arthur@tucows.com On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Charles Randall wrote: > One warning, -current probably isn't for someone wanting to give FreeBSD "a > try". > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html > > If you've got a good network connection, I'd suggest an FTP install of > 3.2-Release instead. Just download the two floppies and you're set. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur H. Johnson II [mailto:arthur@tucows.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 8:48 AM > To: Gregory Tarnowski > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: One large file for FreeBSD > > > There is an ISO image of the development version of FreeBSD. The URL is > ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO/i386/4.0-19990705-CURRENT. I > have been using it on three different workstations and have had absolutely > no problems. Its as stable as any Linux Distro ;) > > Arthur H. Johnson II > http://www.linuxberg.com > Linuxberg Manager > arthur@tucows.com > > On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Gregory Tarnowski wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I heard about FreeBSD from one of my instructors and wanted to give it > > a try. I see that there are a lot of different files and directories > > on the FTP site and am unsure of what I need. I would prefer to > > download one large .ZIP or compressed file containing the entire > > distribution. Do you have such a file for downloading. I have a > > fractional T1 and would prefer to get the whole set of files in one > > download. > > > > Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > > Greg Tarnowski > > g_tarnowski@yahoo.com > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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