Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:09:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ioannis Tambouras <ioannis@flinet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What directories to download? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331030836.397a-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970319032732.25772A-100000@ohiox.haw.org>
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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Ioannis Tambouras wrote: > > I am a long time Linux user and my fate guided me to try freeBSD. Having > read INSTALL.TXT, my best choice of intallation (since I use a slow > ppp link) is to download all files a local nfs server (or ftp site) and > install from ethernet. > > When I look at the directory <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7/RELEASE/>; > I want to download the "Developer distribution". The boot.flp is ready, but > what directories do I need to download? I plan to install many networking > and admin packages, and ideally have cvs update capabilities (in part, > this is what attracted to freebsd). Take a look at the Online Help. I think it tells what pulls what. Or, do a custom installation and pick the distributions you want that are on the ftp site. 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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