Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:57:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ben Manes <anarchy@crl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pre-installation Qs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980615225632.2150z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980613133348.16798A-100000@crl.crl.com>
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On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Ben Manes wrote: > > Two simple questions: > > 1. If I download FreeBSD over an isdn line, is it hard to create > duplicates of the walnet creek cds? I'd use Adaptec EasyCd creator dlx > (win), so would the long filenames and such screw up the cd and make it > unusable?? How would I go about doing it? The installation files are all FAT-clean, so you can just arrange them like they are on the CD and burn a ISO9660 CD. The packages are another matter. > 2. What filesystem does freebsd use? I don't mean mounting, I mean its > own. I know Linux uses ext2, but heard BSDs use one thats more > corruptable. FreeBSD uses FFS (Fast FileSystem). The rumor about corruption is pure nonsense. > . Also, whats a good size partition for FreeBSD? I was > thinking between 1g and 1.5gs. As big as you like. 1g is a great starter. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: Make sure your mailer replies to dwhite@resnet or I won't get it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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