Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 13:00:48 +0100 (BST) From: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com> To: Devinder <devd72@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ftp Message-ID: <20020806123946.V8173-100000@bell.lan.palfreman.com> In-Reply-To: <20020806111913.53132.qmail@web10002.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Devinder wrote: > Recently I downloaded all directories and files for > FreeBSD 4.6 and then copied onto CD but installation > from CD is not successful. > > What is the right procedure to FTP and then copy to > CDROM.. > Does any other file need to be copied apart from the > normal files.. Download the iso cd image from you nearest mirror site - which for Sweden ftp.se.freebsd.org /pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/4.6/4.6-disc1.iso is the file you want probably - it is 600 MB. If you had a slower connection you might prefer 4.6-mini.iso instead, which is only 180MB. You can then burn it onto a CD. Really though, as you are on Ericson's fast link, you might as well download the two boot floppies from /pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.6-RELEASE/floppies - kern.flp and mfsroot.flp, write them to a disk using either UNIX dd or /pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.6-RELEASE/tools/rawrite.exe, boot from them and install FreeBSD via FTP, specifying ftp.se.freebsd.org as your ftp server. That is the technique I usually use on reasonably Internet links and it saves a lot of messing about with CD-Rs. -- W. Palfreman. http://www.palfreman.com/william/ Tel: 0771 355 0354 PGP ftp://ftp.palfreman.com/pub/wfpkey.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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