From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Aug 4 14:14:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA24234 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 14:14:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-4.mail.demon.net (relay-4.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA24228 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 14:14:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-4.mail.demon.net id ai29845; 4 Aug 96 21:13 GMT Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa08303; 4 Aug 96 22:10 +0100 Received: (from fdocs@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id UAA02111; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 20:39:55 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199608042039.UAA02111@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Installation To: johnr@computer.net Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 20:39:55 +0000 () Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608041545.LAA16785@mail.computer.net> from "johnr@computer.net" at Aug 4, 96 11:55:10 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Suggest you put on your web site or ftp site an explicit description > of which sub-directories and files are needed for installation. I was thinking about putting this in the FAQ, but (IMHO) it really belongs in the installation instructions. Comments, anyone? > I am installing the contents of freeBSD/bin and freeBSD/floppies, > but have no idea of what types of capabilities I might be missing or > whether I will have to re-do the whole thing later to make up > for missing files. By either luck or good judgement, you have chosen the minimal distributions required to get FreeBSD up and running. You'll probably be surprised at how much you'll be able to do with these, (as long as it's in text mode - you'll need the X distribution to get a GUI). I'd recommend getting the 'info' and 'manpages' distributions as well - they don't take up a lot of space and will provide a lot of useful online documentation. Anyway, it's quite straightforward to add extra distributions later, so you haven't restricted your options in any way.