Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:10:59 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: qgabriel@sprynet.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which files Message-ID: <199607102110.VAA02645@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <31E39836.667E@sprynet.com> (message from Kiyu Gabriel on Wed, 10 Jul 1996 04:47:02 -0700)
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>>>>> Kiyu Gabriel <qgabriel@sprynet.com> writes: > > I do apologize for such a simple question - but on your ftp > server there are several files that *might* just be the ones that I need > to download. What directories do I need to clean out (if there are > any)and what file structure needs to be set up within the C:\freebsd > directory that I made to assist the installation? There are two ways of doing the installation. Either FTP down everything you expect to want, and put it somewhere where the install program can find it, or else just grab the boot disk and let it automagically pull down everything it needs during the installation. The first one assumes you have somewhere convenient to keep them, but allows you to do it in stages; the second one assumes that you are willing to be online for the whole installation. (There's also a third option, which is to install from CDROM, if your CDROM is recognised by the boot floppy). If you're going to install from a DOS partition, you need to put the distribution files in the same directory structure as on the FTP site: c:\freebsd\bin c:\freebsd\floppies c:\freebsd\src etc.. > Also, how is this "root" disk made? I assume you mean the "boot" disk? (The "root" disk should be read in directly from the DOS partition or over FTP). It's made using rawrite.exe from the tools directory - all it does is write the boot.flp image directly to floppy (in other words it's a trick to make a FreeBSD boot floppy without requiring you to have a FreeBSD system). The best thing to do is probably to get the installation documentation from the FTP site (INSTALL.TXT, README.TXT, etc) peruse them carefully, and print them out before you start. > I do sincerely apologize for what > must surely sound like the most trivial and maybe even childish > questions. I am going to learn to use unix-type systems, and I have to > start asking questions somewhere... > "He who asks is a fool for a moment; he who does not ask is a fool > forever..." Not at all. Everyone has to start somewhere... -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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