Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:08:22 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <webmaster@zwb.net> To: Beck <toyz@lcc.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to download FreeBSD (was: How to download?) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980415140822.0099c5d0@207.213.224.25> In-Reply-To: <01BD6821.F66EADE0@lfkn-ddas1-a25.lcc.net>
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DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING! READ THE FAQ AND HANDBOOK THOURELY! (just the installation part) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Please read all of this message, the FAQ and handbook at www.freebsd.org BEFORE doing anything! For starters, I think you're better off buying the CD. However, if you're like me, and want to do it that hard way, download the following files to a working DOS/Junkows machine: utilities/fdimage.exe floppies/boot.flp bin/* these are relative to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE and they not be exact paths. Use fdimage to make a boot floppy from boot.flp. Now, choose one of these: 1) copy the files bin/* to a DOS partition (NOT FAT32!) 2) copy the files to a disk since I never got the first way to work, I can't tell you much about it. If you chose 2, copy the files to a directory named "bin" at the root of the floppy. Make sure that the files bin.inf and install.sh are on the 1st floppy. Boot from the install floppy, and follow the instructions on screen. Note, that you cannot select all the packages/dists you want! You only downloaded the 'bin' dist, which is the absolute minimum. You will be able to install more dists/packages later. If you want ANY data on your hard drive, back it up! The installation program will warn you, but it warns you about so many things that I ignored most of its warnings. If you still want to keep Junkows on your PC, either buy a hard drive, use fips, make another partition, ... YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! [:-] If what I told you above sound too complex or dangerous, you're alot better off buying the CD. Have fun! ;-) P.S. If you don't understand something, ask us again. Don't just go on with the installation, and then complain that the program screwed up your computer. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING! READ THE FAQ AND HANDBOOK THOURELY! (just the installation part) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! At 03:52 AM 4/15/98 -0500, you wrote: >How do I go about downloading FreeBsd? >I do not understand your online instructions. >I go to the ftp but never get anything downloaded. >HELP!!! > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING! READ THE FAQ AND HANDBOOK THOURELY! (just the installation part) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! --- Thanks! Dima Dorfman "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 - Bill Gates Micro$oft $ucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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