From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 8 2: 7:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com (ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.0.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5B514E16 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 02:07:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from charon@freethought.org) Received: from c40948-a ([24.1.7.99]) by mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with SMTP id <19990808090338.EMUQ8807.mail.rdc1.sfba.home.com@c40948-a>; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 02:03:38 -0700 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990808020336.00a4e100@mail> X-Sender: tuathadedanann@mail X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 02:03:36 -0700 To: Rob , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: charon@freethought.org Subject: Re: downloading FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <37AD39DD.E7FAB3A8@pathwaynet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 01:03 AM 8/8/99 -0700, Rob wrote: >I've looked over your site, your FTP, and ftp.cdrom.com, and I'm having >a little trouble with what exactly I should be downloading here. > >What directory should I go to if I want to download FreeBSD, I have a 6 >hour time limit on my ISP, I get disconnected, so I don't think the FTP >installation is for me. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/x620.html has a bit of information... I don't know why this question isn't answered right away on the installationweb page. Basically, you just need /bin to get a system running, but you'll probably want to look into downloading /manpages, /compat* (for compatability with other versions of FreeBSD), some of the /src files so you can make a custom kernel (ssys* I believe, someone yell if that's wrong), /ports so you can use the great ports system for intalling programs, and /floppies so you can make the boot floppies. Best of luck! -Charon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message