Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:20:52 -0700 (MST) From: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> To: david_marcantonio@sanger.k12.ca.us Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD suggestion Message-ID: <14546.19796.641813.519979@hip186.ch.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <38D193A7.8221D8FE@sanger.k12.ca.us> References: <38D193A7.8221D8FE@sanger.k12.ca.us>
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[ cd'ed to -qa ] [ On Thursday, March 16, David Marcantonio wrote: ] > Is it possible to provide FreeBSD in a ISO disk image format on your FTP > servers? I noticed RedHat has this option for downloading RedHat Linux. > You go to one of their FTP sites and you can find a directory called > "iso." After you download it, you can drop it on a CD-ROM burning app > and make an image of the CD they sell in stores. I feel this is a great > idea to get FreeBSD. If you provide an easy to copy format for beginners > of BSD, they won't have to figure out which file goes in what directory, > or which file they need. If you creat disk images of your FreeBSD, > someone with a quick connection can download it and have their own ready > to go copy of FreeBSD. This way, you'll get more novice BSD users to > install it. Just thought I might suggest that piece of info with you. we have been uploading the first disk of the Walnut creek 4-disc set since about FreeBSD 3.3 (maybe earilier, maybe 3.4, my memory back that far is fuzzy :). You will find ISO's here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/ ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/ISO-IMAGES/ it just so happens that the 4.0-RELEASE ISO images are for some reason, MIAWNARW (missing in action with no announced reason why :) right now ... -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, Higher Levels of Abstraction | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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