From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 1 22:23:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA12153 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 22:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.75]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA12148 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 22:23:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00307; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 22:23:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 22:23:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Daren Jacobs cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp download for installation In-Reply-To: <2CCBEA3337@communications.rutgers.edu> 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 Sun, 1 Sep 1996, Daren Jacobs wrote: > I have a t1 link to the internet at work and I would like to > download freebsd via ftp so that I can install it on my > computer at home. I would like to get all of release 2.1.5. > How can I ftp the entire release under Windows95. It would be better to pull each distribution (/bin, /manpages, etc) separately, since at the end they have to be segregated anyway. Also pull /floppies (at LEAST boot.flp) and /tools/rawrite.exe so you can run the install procedure. > I attempted to ftp the entire /pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-Release directory and > subdirectories from ftp.cslab.vt.edu but it fails due to > symbolic links to the 2.1.0 release. Again my question is > What do I need to download to have the entire 2.1.5 release > of freebsd so that I can install it on my home computer? > Another problem that I am having is that I am ftping the > release with a windows95 ftp client and althought I can get > files and directories that have more than 8 characters when I > look at the directories in dos there is a ~ to compensate for > the larger directories. Is there a workaround to this. Nope. But the DOS-related files & distributions do conform to 8.3 filename limits. I'd install the system first and pull the ports & packages later, and then grab the ones you want. Just the packages take up most of a CDROM, just to give you an idea of how big the whole ports & packages tree is. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major