Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:59:00 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <006b01c160cd$4df664c0$0a00000a@contactdish> References: <3.0.5.32.20011029080008.00fa6e38@mail.sage-american.com>
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jacks@sage-american.com writes: > One thing that jumped out at me is using > Walnut Creek. It's Wind River; my mistake. Here in Europe, I found a place that sells the Wind River distribution of FreeBSD 4.3. Not the very most recent latest version, but good enough for me. > Mostly, however, why don't you consider getting > the most currect Stable 4.4 version that is up > to date and readily available via download? I tried that, but when I attempted to burn the ISO image to a CD-R, WinOnCD instantly aborted, and did that consistently each time I tried it, so I gave up. Trying to figure out why WinOnCD is blowing up would take more time than it's worth. I figured I'd just pay $30 for a set of CDs instead (trivial compared to the cost of the PC I plan to get to run it, and certainly pale in comparison to the $800 I'd have to pay for a server version of Windows). > Or, simply get the boot floppies and install > via FTP ... No easy way to create boot floppies with Windows NT. And since I'd be installing on a completely blank machine, I'm not sure how I'd be able to FTP anywhere to get the rest. I have a broadband connection that requires that I connect to my provider with PPTP. (Can anyone tell me if there are PPTP drivers for FreeBSD, so that I could connect to the Net over my DSL connection from the UNIX box?) > Your will have to decide if you want Stable > or Current releases... Stable. I exhausted the novelty of upgrading to the very latest release every sixty days many years ago. Indeed, I figure FreeBSD will be more stable than Windows, which seems to be rewritten every twelve months these days. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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