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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:16:58 +1000
From:      Sue Blake <sue2@welearn.com.au>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Downloading!
Message-ID:  <19980420181658.59423@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19980416180450.48269@supersex.com>; from Leo Papandreou on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 06:04:50PM -0400
References:  <199804162101.QAA07108@enteract.com> <19980416180450.48269@supersex.com>

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On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 06:04:50PM -0400, Leo Papandreou wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 04:01:21PM -0500, Doug Maske wrote:
> > Hi,
> >    I just need the name of the actual file(s) needed to download freeBSd.
> > Please help I can't figure your website out, Thanks,
> 
> 
> What part of 
> 
> 
> <H2><FONT COLOR="#660000">Easy to install</FONT></H2>
> <P>
> <FONT FACE="ARIAL,HELVETICA">
> FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including
> CD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS partition, or if
> you have a network connection, you can install it <I>directly</I>
> over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a single 1.44MB boot
> floppy and <A HREF="./handbook/install.html">these
> directions.</A>
> </FONT>
> </P>
> 
> on http://www.freebsd.org didnt you understand?


Generally when installing a windoze application one downloads the zip file
and the instructions, logs off and then goes away and reads off line.
Although instructions may be offered separately, the instructions found
inside the zip archive are usually more complete.

There is nothing in the HTML above that a windoze user wouldn't understand,
nor is there anything to indicate that the method I describe is not valid
for FreeBSD. For someone who thinks sin95 runs on every computer and every
downloadable is the same deal, we don't explain in a way they can readily
understand. Saying it's an operating system is not enough. After all, they
call their GUI DOS shell an operating system, and it installs right over DOS.


-- 

Regards,
        -*Sue*-

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