Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:15:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: lars.falch@dbergstrom.dk Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970221101028.904N-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.970221102058.lars.falch@germs.dbergstrom.dk>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 lars.falch@dbergstrom.dk wrote: > I am going to download the installation files via FTP, and then > install the system from an ms-dos partition - but I am unsure > of which directory I should download, because I noticed that if > I download the entire 2.1.17-RELEASE directory I would get the > same files several times? This directory will be huge. FreeBSD File Requirements: REQUIRED: floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image) tools/rawrite.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer) bin/* RECOMMENDED: manpages/ compat*/ doc/ (at your discretion) src/ssys.* > And the latest version is 2.1.17, right? I am not interested in > beta-code. 2.1.7, yes. > I have some experience with Linux (mostly slackware > distributions), so I hope that the step to FreeBSD isn't that > big - and the FreeBSD distribution comes with complete XFree86, > right? Yes, in XF8632/. Be aware that FreeBSD's setup philsophy is completely different from Linux, so avoid the temptation to do things and look for things the way you did for Linux. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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