Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 17:06:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Carol Roberts <clrober@lazarus.bsrn2420.PacBell.COM> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960415170543.23278J-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9604151659.AA02637@gw3.pacbell.com>
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On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Carol Roberts wrote: > I would like to download FreeBSD to floppies using one PC and then load > it onto another PC. My questions are: > > 1. Can I do this without compromising my orginal machine I am using to > download to? Yes. You are only downloading the /dists directory. > 2. Do you have a section where I can find specific directions on how to > download this to the floppies without going to the hard drive of my > machine? You could ftp them directly to the floppies I guess, but that would be slow. You only need to grab 6 at a time, then copy them all to floppies while the next bunch of 6 comes down. > Sorry if these questions are kinda silly, but I'm quite new at this. It's ok. the floppy install isn't that well documented. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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