Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:02:38 -0500 From: Jeffrey Dunitz <orpheus@lemieux.hockey.net> To: dragon@community.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DownLoading FreeBSD Message-ID: <19981011000238.A1130@lemieux.hockey.net> In-Reply-To: <199810100739.AAA10954@sjmail.bigger.net>; from dragon@community.net on Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 12:39:25AM -0700 References: <199810100739.AAA10954@sjmail.bigger.net>
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On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 12:39:25AM -0700, dragon@community.net said something like: > How can i download a copy of FreeBSD ?? I did went to the ftp site as > stated...but underneath it there are many directories..where can i get it > all in one..like the setup file..etc..? > You don't need to download it to install it. You can just download the boot floppy, and the tool to write the boot floppy (you don't just copy the file to your floppy drive, you have to do a raw block transfer). The full instructions are at: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html More or less, you load up the boot floppy, and it steps you through the installation; then it automatically fetches the files you need automatically. You don't need to worry about it. For your first time, I recommend getting the boot floppy and following the instructions referenced above. however, if you're feeling adventurous... If you _did_ want to download it all first, for whatever reason (might make sense if you have more than one machine that you want to set up), then you need to pretty much mirror the entire directory structure in ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/archive2/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE You can get by without some of it though...I'll try to clarify ftp> pwd 257 "/archive2/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE" is current directory. ftp> need 0 1536 Jul 30 09:09 bin need 0 512 Jul 30 09:04 catpages need 0 27 Jul 22 15:08 cdrom.inf opt 0 512 Sep 6 05:47 commerce rec 0 512 Jul 30 08:54 compat1x rec 0 512 Jul 30 08:54 compat20 rec 0 512 Jul 30 08:55 compat21 rec 0 512 Jul 30 09:03 des opt 0 512 Jul 30 09:09 dict rec 0 512 Jul 30 08:54 doc need 0 512 Jul 30 09:10 floppies opt 0 512 Jul 30 09:04 games opt 0 512 Jul 30 09:10 info rec 0 512 Jul 30 09:05 manpages opt 0 17 Jul 30 06:29 packages -> ../packages-2.2.7 opt 0 512 Jul 30 09:11 ports opt 0 512 Jul 30 09:09 proflibs opt 0 3584 Jul 30 09:02 src rec 0 8 Jul 30 06:29 tools -> ../tools opt 0 512 Sep 6 05:47 xperimnt Things marked with "need" are things you really need to get started with, such as system programs and help files (catpages). "opt" things are optional, depending on what you want to do. "rec" are things I recommend you get, such as manpages (help files) and compatibility libraries that let you run older freebsd programs. Note that the packages directory is huge--several hundred megs. A lot of that is taken up by japanese, korean, russian, etc- specific packages which you only need if you want to run a non-english system. the recommended approach is to get the core OS itself, as well as the X bin, man, lib, doc and maybe prog directories, and the X server appropriate for your hardware, and install that stuff. Then, figure out what packages you want to get, and download those and install them afterwards. It can be helpful to set up a local mirror of the freebsd ftp site, but I'd say that for your first time through, just get the floppy and let it install itself the way it wants to. I like to have a local mirror so that I can mess my system up and reinstall it very quickly without wasting bandwidth. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jeffrey Dunitz | Current Job: | orpheus@avalon.net BOFH Emeritus, Avalon Networks | Network Engineer | Eagan, MN, USA http://www.avalon.net/~orpheus | EXi Corporation | 651-523-6992 (work) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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