From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 13:35:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D99716A4D1 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:35:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91EEE43D48 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:35:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([69.172.31.81]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with SMTP id <20050517133533.EBSM17140.mta10.adelphia.net@barbish>; Tue, 17 May 2005 09:35:33 -0400 From: "fbsd_user" To: Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:35:28 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <44br7anga8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 cc: lowell@be-well.ilk.org Subject: RE: How to use snapshots X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:35:39 -0000 "fbsd_user" writes: > I have no idea what you mean by those statements. > What floppies are you talking about? The ones in the floppies directory. > How do I download the snapshot version with all the files and > sub-directors? There are many ways you could do that, but there's no reason to. Just do a network-based install, booting from floppies. > This snapshot URL must be a normal thing available to the general > FreeBSD user. "must be"? If you want an ISO, stick with releases. > So there must be some pre-canned way to download and use it. > How do I find this out? Prepare the Boot Media. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pr e.html ******************************************************************* You are off the subject. My question has nothing to do with how to install from floppies, or using cvsup to load the source to my PC for recompile of the system. Drop that line of thought. Question has always been how do people use ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/pub/FreeBSD/i386/ to build bootable cdrom to install from? I have been all through the handbook and it does not cover this subject. Can someone who has used ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/pub/FreeBSD/i386/ in the past please respond with how this is done.