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From: "michael van doren" <michael@orex.oe.net.au>
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Subject: Installing FreeBSD
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:59:07 +1000
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Hi

I am installing FreeBSD for the first time from a MS Dos partition, I have
plenty of rom and am wondering which 'DISTS' I should install.  Should I
use the ports or packages collection and if so, should I replicate the
directory structure that exists on the WWW server?

Thanks for your help

Michael van Doren