Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:48:31 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, "Magnus Bein" <ambein@mac.com> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Will copying FreeBSD stable on a ISO-9660 CD install correctly? Message-ID: <006001c20c4c$3eb21060$5fec910c@daleco> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGEEPKCBAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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Can you clarify---is that the answer to his question? I mean it is, partly, but also your advice causes a little confusion, at least to me--- He has fast access on the Winbox. The 56K is where FBSD is/will be. Seems like he should go to work, get the "Mini ISO" from 4.5-R, burn it to disk on M$ but in FBSD readable format, get the entire ports tree and the entire /usr/src and burn to CD, go home, install & minimal config 4.5-R, (at least so the CD is readable) then load /usr/src and /usr/ports from the other CD and follow the makebuildworld route....... "Will copying FreeBSD stable on a ISO" to me is saying "is there an install program in -STABLE?" and the answer would be not without a boot disk---the source is there... you've got to have something running first to get it..... could he use the install floppies from the last -RELEASE, choose a CDROM install and put in his /usr/src CD? If he wants -STABLE, how does he get any basic FBSD environment from which to install something that has not been put into an ISO? I may just be missing something, I sometimes (maybe often) do... FWIW (not much) Kevin Kinsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Magnus Bein" <ambein@mac.com> Cc: "FBSDQ" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:34 PM Subject: RE: Will copying FreeBSD stable on a ISO-9660 CD install correctly? > Sure you can. But when using an 56k connection it will take 36 hours + if > you do not get paused out by the FBSD ftp server. You will need a windows > FTP pgm that can restart the ftp download where it left off at. I used > SMARTFTP from www.smartftp.com . Then you need a win pgm that can burn ISO > files to cdrom. I used nero from www.nero.com. Just use these pgm's in demo > mode to do what you have to do to create your FBSD min install cd. Uninstall > them but keep the downloaded install zip files for next time and just > reinstall to get a new 30 day demo. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Magnus Bein > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:58 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Will copying FreeBSD stable on a ISO-9660 CD install correctly? > > Hello, > > I am wondering how to use the sources for the FreeBSD stable version > available online. > > Is it possible for me to download the sources onto a computer with a > different operating system (e.g. Mac or Windows) and burn it on to CDs in > the ISO-9660 filesystem and then use them to install FreeBSD stable on an > i38x computer? > > My challenge is that I'd like to install FreeBSD on a computer that has very > limited internet connectivity (a 56k modem). I do have access to high speed > connections and the ability to burn CDs (i.e. a university computer lab), > but the computers are Win and Mac. > > Thus the maze-like question. > > Thank you, > > Magnus > > 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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