On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, root wrote:
>
> > Ok, Iv been Trying to Download Mandrake 6.1, I make a boot disk, for
> > bootnet.img, And Start it up, I put in the FTP server, and it Starts
> > Downloading, Then All of a sudden it starts downloading a new file and
> > it dosnt start downloading it, I Try all the ALT Tabs, No Errors, Is
> > Linux Really Free?
> >
> > Thanks, Plz Help
>
> It sounds like maybe you're having connection problems. Yes, Linux is
> really free; however, if you don't have a fast and stable internet
> connection you might be better off getting a Linux CD (only around 2
> dollars U.S.).
>
> Or another way you can approach getting it off the net is downloading the
> distribution with a normal FTP program, and then installing from your hard
> drive.
>
> -Tom
>
Or, if you have access to a cdr, you can download the iso image and make a
bootable cd out of it... you may not want to do that over an unstable
connection though.
DvB
