Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:59:03 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Donald M <treader32@ignmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I have a dumb ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901161046040.4068-100000@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <MOCCOFMJNPHDAAAA@shared3.whowhere.com>
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On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Donald M wrote: > Thanks for the Help... > But I have 1 more ?. > > --http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ25.html#25-- > It tells me that I should download the files in: > ========== > bin/ > manpages/ > compat*/ > doc/ > src/ssys.* > ========== > now... > Will these files be put on a disk so I can run and installation > program of some sort? > Please Cc: the questions list on any reply. The more people who see the question, the more likely your chances of getting a right answer are =) I'm assuming you want to install from your Windows partition. What you'll want to do is download them to your hard drive. Where they go depends on what release you plan on downloading. For example, if you download 3.0-RELEASE, put them downloaded files in C:\3.0-RELEASE. The other releases use C:\FreeBSD (or used to, it's been ages since I've installed from a DOS partition so that might've changed). Then all you'll need to do is follow the instructions at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html. A few things to keep in mind.. 1) FreeBSD needs to live on it's own partition, which means it won't run from the same partition as Windows, and you can't run it from Windows. 2) Read the relevant handbook and FAQ sections. Most (if not all) of this is covered there. Both can be found from http://www.freebsd.org/ 3) Read the *.TXT files in the ftp directory of the release you're going to download. They're there for a reason =) 4) If you get stuck, send another email to the questions list. Enough people read it that you should get an answer. If no one answers, take a look at Greg Lehey's "How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions" at http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Later, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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