From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 4 21:31:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.3/8.7.3) id VAA15083 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:31:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA15078 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:31:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA07410; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:30:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:30:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Serra, Derek (Nerfie)" cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: obtaining FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <32A583E7.382F@kwom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Serra, Derek (Nerfie) wrote: > I am interested in installing FreeBSD on my system and learning more > about it, but I have one small problem. In the instructions on how to > install FreeBSD on my system (at www.freebsd.org), the first thing it > says to do is obtain the file from the FTP site. I went to the site, > but I have no idea what filename I'm looking for (I was in the -stable > directory). Please let me know what file to download so I can get > started. See ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/INSTALL.TXT or http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html For obtain and install instructions. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major