Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:40:06 +0100 (BST) From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org> To: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ant Clifford <aec@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Subject: Re: getting freebsd Message-ID: <XFMail.990912194006.andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <37DA9E19.748DC135@raccoon.com>
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On 11-Sep-99 John Lengeling wrote: > If you want the easiest install, purchase the CDROM and do a CDROM > install. Proceeds help the FreeBSD organization. It is also the > fastest installation. A good UK distributor of FreeBSD CD-ROMS is www.dgc-nms.co.uk or else the first place that the CD sets are made available (and the best place for all FreeBSD related stuff) is www.freebsdmall.com > The next easiest install is to do an FTP install over the Internet. All > you need are the 2 boot floppies > (/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies/kern.flp and > /pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies/mfsroot.flp) Follow the instructions > on how to get started from www.freebsd.org. If you have a slow dialup > connection, just do a minimal installation. This will get you started > and you can always download additional distribution packages after the > install. From a UK university, the Higher Education National Software Archive (HENSA) on www.hensa.ac.uk is probably the fastest site. > I have also done minimal installs using the boot floppies and a copy of > everything in the 3.2-RELEASE/bin directory located on a spare MS-DOS > partition. I think you could even to place the bin files on a floppy. Except that floppys are a VERY unreliable way to keep data. CDROM, FTP or DOS-partition are definatly the best ways to install. Don't forget theat you can come to the UK User Group (ukug.uk.freebsd.org) if you need any help. See you later. --- Andrew Boothman <andrew@ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD UK User Group http://ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org/~andrew/ http://ukug.uk.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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