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Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.4
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:44:25 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Turner" <turnball_@hotmail.com>
To: "bsdq" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.4


> Ok working on the FTP install now since that seems to be the general
> consesus.  Looking for those boot disks now.  Can't seem to find them on
the
> freeBSD.org site.  Pardon me for my ignorance... Im from the Windows
> environment and I am trying to incorporate some Unix distributed
> applications to my organization.  I am just plain used to there being some
> image to click on called "Boot disk" and Im unsure of the terms for it in
> the Unix platform....
>
> Ben
>
> PS Thanks to everyone who has helped.  Im actually stating to think that
it
> isnt a hopeless idea.  :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Annelise Anderson" <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
> To: "Ben Turner" <turnball_@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.4
>
>
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Ben Turner wrote:
> >
> > > Yea I figured out that it was an extremely old version after I had
> gotten
> > > the disks to finally boot up.  I tried to get the newer 4.3 but I
> couldn't
> > > get it on a disk properly.  I have burned the 4.4, 4.3, and 4.2
verison
> and
> > > all of them are not viewable after I burn them.  Since I haven't been
> able
> > > to view the files on the disk, I haven't been able to make any boot
> disks.
> > > For some reason none of these cd's are bootable either.
> >
> > Sounds to me like you're copying the ISO image, not creating a file
system
> > from it.  If you can't view the files after you burn the image (view the
> > directory listings and open text files, in Windows or FreeBSD) you
haven't
> > got what you need.
> >
> > Annelise
> >
> >
> > --
> > Annelise Anderson
> > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC
> > Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com
> > Book Website:    http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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