From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 22 22:02:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA06433 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:02:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA06421 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:02:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA07850; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:02:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:02:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Ijon Tichy cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distributions In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971215203427.006e8314@shani.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Ijon Tichy wrote: > Hi. > > I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but what IS the distribution precisely. What is > the minimum set of directories and files I need to download from > ftp.freebsd.org and mirrors to begin a basic FreeBSD developer installation? I guess it's time to put this into the FAQ. 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.* Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major