Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 19:37:42 +0100 From: jmdupx@yahoo.com To: "Ron Smith" <ronnetron@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: installation CD Message-ID: <3B0AC006.24985.1AF906E1@localhost> In-Reply-To: <F257h29cM3oryKFRJrz0000ed06@hotmail.com>
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.... how did i miss this - layout.txt seems to have the answer << If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this distribution directory, all you need to do is make a pair of 1.44MB floppies >> so a part-burned CD looks like it is an option for some kind of basic install, as long as I burn using ISO thanks, Mark On 21 May 2001, at 22:37, Ron Smith wrote: > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Mondays are rough :-(. Yeah, > anyway. The ISO image I was refering to is a full 600MB+ down load, and it > would include *all* of the install options (minimal to full blown with the > ports and packages and everything). And, you don't have to worry about your > computer supporting 'autoboot', in regards to the CD you would burn from the > ISO, because of the boot floppies you would make. > > Ron > > >From: jmdupx@yahoo.com > >To: ronnetron@hotmail.com > >CC: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org > >Subject: Re: installation CD > >Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 20:53:36 +0100 > > > >any way to burn just a basic install to a CD, or to download a full ISO in > >several chunks ? > > > >thanx again > >Mark > > > >On 20 May 2001, at 11:08, Ron Smith wrote: > > > > > From: "Ron Smith" <ronnetron@hotmail.com> > > > To: jmdupx@yahoo.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org > > > Subject: Re: installation CD > > > Date sent: Sun, 20 May 2001 11:08:42 -0700 > > > > > > [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] > > > > > > I would select the ISO mode for burning the CD. You will also need to > >make > > > the install floppies. Instructions on that can be found at: > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install.html > > > > > > You can also burn a CD from an ISO image you can access at the > >FreeBSD.org > > > site. The following is an example: > > > > > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/ > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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-newbies" in the body of the message
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