Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 29 Jun 1996 14:15:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Daniel Kligerman <kligs@gold.interlog.com>
To:        James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        dixey-family@u-net.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD! (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960629141343.19848D-100000@gold.interlog.com>
In-Reply-To: <199606282307.XAA06543@jraynard.demon.co.uk>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, James Raynard wrote:

> > I would like to Download FREEBSD (the latest version) and I can't seem 
> > to find 1 compressed file to get hold of it..... 
> 
> It doesn't come as a single compressed file. The simplest way to do it
> is to download the boot.flp file from the floppies directory, use
> rawrite.exe to make a boot floppy from it, and reboot with the floppy
> in the drive. If you're connected to the Internet at the time, the
> installation program will FTP down all the other files it needs.

On this topic, when installing via FTP and using a Bitsurfr, ppp seems to 
core dump every time, not very far into the installation.

Any way to get around this besides getting the CD?

Thanks,
Daniel Kligerman
kligs@interlog.com



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSD/.3.91.960629141343.19848D-100000>