Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:41:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: David Stacey <dstacey@bigpond.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Where do you download the OS? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601133902.15962S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD8C12.A3599920@AD-A04-pool-253.tmns.net.au>
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On Sat, 30 May 1998, David Stacey wrote: > I want to get freebsd, but it seems that you have made it so difficult > that I wont be able to use it. It's difficult only if you don't read the documentation. You'll find that e installation layout is actually quite flexible and modem-friendly. Would you rather download a 20MB massive .ZIP, which you'll probably have to do multiple times since large files tend to get corrupted over long downloads, or fetch directories with easy to digest 240k chunks? > firstly, which directories do I need to get this thing to work? Your > web page just points to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE > which is of no use to me whatsoever. The web page should have links to > each file that is required for the install process, or at least a page > telling you which directories to grab a hold of. You missed the FAQ, apparently, since I put the list in the last set of edits. Here it is again: FreeBSD File Requirements: REQUIRED: floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image) tools/fdimage.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer) bin/* RECOMMENDED: manpages/ compat*/ doc/ (at your discretion) src/ssys.* > could you please give me the absolute ftp address where I can locate all > of the files required to get it running? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/ > also, is there anywhere in australia where I can order the CD? http://www.cdrom.com.au Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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