From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 21 7: 5:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sol (cs1-gw.cs.binghamton.edu [128.226.171.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3234D15281 for ; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 07:05:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu) Received: from localhost (zzhang@localhost) by sol (SMI-8.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA00803; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:53:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:53:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Zhihui Zhang To: Anders Lind Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question abt downloading In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I just downloaded 3.1-Release yesterday successfully. The following are the steps that I used: (1) Go to ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.1-RELEASE/floppies to download two files: kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. You can use Netscape or simply type ftp under a DOS prompt. (2) Go to ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.1-RELEASE/tools to download the file named: fdimage.exe. (3) On a DOS prompt, execute the following commands: fdimage kern.flp a: fdimage mfsroot.flp a: This creates two diskettes. (4) Insert your kern.flp floppy into the floppy drive on the machine you want to use FreeBSD and reboot. A little while, you will be prompted to insert the mfsroot.flp. (5) After this, the visual configuration menu should appear and you can following the steps step by step (I use novice installation). If you are not familiar with the procedure, check the freebsd comprehensive book online. (6) If you want to install from FTP, you must specify the gateway and name server addresses correctly and know the IP address assigned to your machine. (7) The installation is easier than I thought and I did it for the very first time! Good Luck. -Zhihui On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Anders Lind wrote: > Hello! > > If I want to download a FreeBSD distribution from a FTP-site, there was a place called distributions in the about.txt, are those the only stuff I need to download or is there more to it? > > Best Regards, > Anders To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message