From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 12 22:23:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fingers.shocking.com (shocking.com [216.111.111.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 450BC156D4 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:23:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doemill@shocking.com) Received: from shocking.com (doemill@shocking.com [216.111.111.11]) by fingers.shocking.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id WAA18797; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:20:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:20:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug To: Roy Bettle Cc: "Brooks, Reginald P." , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <37B3AAB1.62A97B32@bandserver.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Check out cheapbytes.com also, you can get a 3.2-R cd for under 10 bucks, No manual or extra stuff thatson the walnut creek cd though, but good if your straped for cash On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Roy Bettle wrote: > As a fellow newbie, please allow me to *strongly suggest* that you save > yourself a few headaches and buy the 4-CD set from Walnut Creek > (http://www.cdrom.com). > > I have found, and continue to find, that the manual it comes with - not to > mention the fact that I don't have to figure out an FTP install - is more than > worth the $60 USD or so it costs. > > RAB > > > "Brooks, Reginald P." wrote: > > > I have been hearing a little about FreeBSD so I decided to give it try. I > > visited your home page and tried to figure out how to download the OS. Your > > instructions lead from ftp to ftp with list upon list of files to download > > but I could not identify any file that appeared to actually contain the > > basic OS or kernal. > > > > For example. If I am on the following page, > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable > > which file or files would I download and install to provide the basic OS? > > Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you > > Reggie > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > > President, bandServer.com > rbettle@bandserver.com > www.bandserver.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > | Doug | unix9.org admin | shocking.com/~doemill/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message