From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 26 06:44:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA07840 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 06:44:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA07782 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 06:44:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10285; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:44:12 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA28658; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:44:00 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19980626144359.18368@iii.co.uk> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:43:59 +0100 To: jack Cc: Scott Bogert , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am confused. References: <000001bda0c1$e864e2e0$c7a6fea9@lisa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: ; from jack on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 09:21:20AM -0400 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 09:21:20AM -0400, jack wrote: > > If i knew what files to download to my windows HDD (I wish to install > > FreeBDS on my second HDD) then i would be happy to do that. > > That's the hard way. It WILL dial your ISP and allow you to grab > everything you need. I respectfully disagree. If you're installing on a second hard disk, it's a good idea to download the files you need (bin.* and whatever else you want) to the first HD (assuming it's got a DOS filesystem on it). I've had installs where the power's gone out, or media errors have occured, or other events have transpired, and I've had to stop the "download as it installs" half way through. Of course, the files that you've already downloaded are either not saved anywhere, or if they are available (assuming you've got that far) you need to be pretty confident with your repair skills to make them usable. This can be quite disheartening when you realise you've got to redownload most of 30MB or however much it was. Having the installation files locally, even if only for a short time, guards against this and allows you (if you want) to rerun the install several times, learning more as you go, until you get an install you're happy with. N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message