From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 11 16: 0:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rdc1.sdca.home.com (ha1.rdc1.sdca.home.com [24.0.3.66]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26EEB3D82 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:00:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from home.net ([24.0.178.21]) by mail.rdc1.sdca.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <20000212000016.UJTQ23735.mail.rdc1.sdca.home.com@home.net>; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:00:16 -0800 Message-ID: <38A4A2CC.55037710@home.net> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:01:16 -0800 From: Craig Burgess X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fravlahua@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how many? References: <3b.f43b34.25d5fadd@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Two (2) floppies are required for the diskette images. Then you install via FTP (with a highspeed connection unless you have lots and lots of time) or with another method. Purchasing the CD-ROM set (4 discs) is an excellent method, especially for someone just starting out: check http://www.FreeBSD.org/ and you will also find lots of information about installation requirements and options. craig Fravlahua@aol.com wrote: > > Hi, I m Josh. I would like to know about how many floppies would i need to > fit everything that should be downloaded from freebsd? Also i'd like to know > when i m installing it what should i do with the zipped files because i > floppy will not hold more than 1.44 mb and those zips are more than that? My > last question is, is there abyone out there that wouldn't mind teaching me > the ropes to free bsd? > > Thanks for your time. And advice. > > Bye > Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message