Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:58:35 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obtaining FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960623144318.17802B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199606230950.CAA15770@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> From: "George A. Gore" <"swetc@crier.camelot.net"@crier.camelot.net> > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 17:09:03 -0700 > Subject: Obtaining FreeBSD > > How exactly do you obtain a copy of FreeBSD 2.1.0. I have visited the > WWW and FTP sites but cannot figure out which files i need to download > to get FreeBSD up and running. I just need to know what files to > download and then i can start using it. Oh yeah, i already downloaded > some file called rawrite.exe, have no clue what it does, but i think > that it is like a formatter for UNIX systems. rawrite.exe writes a floppy disk image from a file to a floppy disk byte-by-byte producing so the original floppy. Now depending what kind of connection you have, you may need to download (some?) additional files. For sure you will the file boot.flp - essentially the FreeBSD master install floppy to boot from it. Follow the instruction and *please*, read the README and INSTALL, etc. files before continuing. Sander > > Thanx Guys >
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