Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 11:33:30 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Henry" <mhenry@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: glen@dfsi.net Subject: Re: Another newbies list Inquiry Message-ID: <19990918013341.BBAC114F6D@hub.freebsd.org>
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> What is the consensus here on the best way to acquire FreeBsd? > Download it off the FTP site or order the CDROM distribution? If this is your first time, get the CDROM. That way you can get a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD" while you're at it. > If > downloading is the best answer, is there a LIST of which files are needed to > download? This info is not needed; the install program takes care of all that. > I looked at the FTP site and wasn't sure WHICH files I needed to > download. Look at the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html It talks about the two files you need to get, which then need to be dumped onto floppies with fdimage.exe. > I'll be installing initially over a WIN 98 machine, then later > over my WINNT machines if all works out well enough. > Don't TAR & FEATHER me now but I am currently a WINNT user as an ISP and > am looking into FreeBsd since it appears to require much less RAM/RESOURCES > etc. Tar and feather? I usually tar and gzip :) > Direct comments about the pros and cons would be appreciated, but > please be serious so I can confirm what I have already been reading about > FreeBSD. There is nothing to say. Try it for yourself; that's the only way you'll be convinced. > > Thanks to all in advance! > Glen Rushing > DFSI, Inc. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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