Re: Obtaining the unix o/s
All I need to do is burn the iso images to my CD's and I've got the entgire freebsd unix o/s? Yes. The whole show. Including the current packages/ports collection. After that, is it going to be quite a process to install the software, or am I better off spending 60 bucks and get the CD's from a retailer? The installaion process is the same whether you download and burn the .iso as if you buy the retail CD. Either way, expect it to be "quite a porcess." =) The retail box ships with CDs, documentation and some sweet packaging. The online Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ is a dynamite reference and should be ample to get you up and running. But...being the good BSD user that you are, you can sleep well at night knowing that a portion of the proceeds of your retail FreeBSD purchase ended up in the coffers of the development team. Chris Dominick DiMantova wrote: On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Dominick DiMantova wrote: Hello, My name is Dominick DiMantova and I have a question, or two: 1. what is the difference in either purchasing the media or downloading the software? If I want to download the software, when I go to one of the ftp sites, I'm looking at the ste with alot of folders; how do I know what I need to download? Before committing too much time and energy, grab the FBSD handbook and read a few chapters. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook (english version, multiple formats) If you are thinking of downloading a CD, then you're looking for an "ISO image" file. IIRC, there are some folders or links to folders fairly clearly marked according to system architecture; for Intel (PC compatible) machines, look for "i386". After that, the catch would be, "do I want 4.x, or 5.x" and, after that's decided, there are a couple of other options such as "the MINI ISO", the "standard ISO", etc. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386 All I need to do is burn the iso images to my CD's and I've got the entgire freebsd unix o/s? After that, is it going to be quite a process to install the software, or am I better off spending 60 bucks and get the CD's from a retailer? My preferred method of installing FBSD is stated on the freebsd.org home page. "You need 2 freshly formatted floppies and these instructions" 2. Is X Windows a separate product or does it come bundled with freebsd? A seperate product. If you create a FBSD box via the Internet, some additional bandwidth/time will be necessary to add X to the system. If you buy a FBSD CD set, you should have sufficient materials on those CD's to create a working FBSD+ X Windows system without much 'Net connectivity. Thanks. Sincerely, Dominick DiMantova HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Christopher Hollow - Technical Consultant Infrastructure & Technology Support 1 Dundas St. West, 11th floor, Toronto, ON 416.215.3075 ~ pager 416.339.9786 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Obtaining the unix o/s
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:41:36PM -0500, Dominick DiMantova wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > > If you are thinking of downloading a CD, then you're looking > > for an "ISO image" file. IIRC, there are some folders or links to > > folders fairly clearly marked according to system architecture; > > for Intel (PC compatible) machines, look for "i386". After that, > > the catch would be, "do I want 4.x, or 5.x" and, after that's > > decided, there are a couple of other options such as > > "the MINI ISO", the "standard ISO", etc. > > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386 > All I need to do is burn the iso images to my CD's and I've got the > entgire freebsd unix o/s? After that, is it going to be quite a process to > install the software, or am I better off spending 60 bucks and get the > CD's from a retailer? After downloading the ISO images and burning them to CD, you will have essentially the same thing as the first two disks of the four disk sets that you can spend $60 to buy from a retailer. Those first two disks contain the entire FreeBSD O/S plus various extra important packages, like X windows. Infact, you can install the base system just using the 'mini-iso' which consists of the essential parts of the first disk. The remaining disks in the 4 CD set contain various precompiled software packages: however the collection available is extensive, and too much to fit in the space available, so only some of the most popular stuff gets onto the CDs. The entire collection, as well as the system images is available from the FTP servers -- as pre-compiled packages from the (except those packages where the license terms don't permit redistribution) and some source tar balls -- or you can obtain source code etc. via cvsup. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Obtaining the unix o/s
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Dominick DiMantova wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >My name is Dominick DiMantova and I have a question, or two: > > > >1. what is the difference in either purchasing the media or downloading > >the software? If I want to download the software, when I go to one of the > >ftp sites, I'm looking at the ste with alot of folders; how do I know what > >I need to download? > > > > > > Before committing too much time and energy, grab the > FBSD handbook and read a few chapters. > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook > (english version, multiple formats) > > If you are thinking of downloading a CD, then you're looking > for an "ISO image" file. IIRC, there are some folders or links to > folders fairly clearly marked according to system architecture; > for Intel (PC compatible) machines, look for "i386". After that, > the catch would be, "do I want 4.x, or 5.x" and, after that's > decided, there are a couple of other options such as > "the MINI ISO", the "standard ISO", etc. > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386 > All I need to do is burn the iso images to my CD's and I've got the entgire freebsd unix o/s? After that, is it going to be quite a process to install the software, or am I better off spending 60 bucks and get the CD's from a retailer? > My preferred method of installing FBSD is stated on the freebsd.org > home page. "You need 2 freshly formatted floppies and these > instructions" > > > > >2. Is X Windows a separate product or does it come bundled with freebsd? > > > > > > > > > > A seperate product. If you create a FBSD box via the Internet, > some additional bandwidth/time will be necessary to add > X to the system. If you buy a FBSD CD set, you should have > sufficient materials on those CD's to create a working FBSD+ > X Windows system without much 'Net connectivity. > > >Thanks. > > > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Dominick DiMantova > > > > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Obtaining the unix o/s
Dominick DiMantova wrote: Hello, My name is Dominick DiMantova and I have a question, or two: 1. what is the difference in either purchasing the media or downloading the software? If I want to download the software, when I go to one of the ftp sites, I'm looking at the ste with alot of folders; how do I know what I need to download? Before committing too much time and energy, grab the FBSD handbook and read a few chapters. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook (english version, multiple formats) If you are thinking of downloading a CD, then you're looking for an "ISO image" file. IIRC, there are some folders or links to folders fairly clearly marked according to system architecture; for Intel (PC compatible) machines, look for "i386". After that, the catch would be, "do I want 4.x, or 5.x" and, after that's decided, there are a couple of other options such as "the MINI ISO", the "standard ISO", etc. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386 My preferred method of installing FBSD is stated on the freebsd.org home page. "You need 2 freshly formatted floppies and these instructions" 2. Is X Windows a separate product or does it come bundled with freebsd? A seperate product. If you create a FBSD box via the Internet, some additional bandwidth/time will be necessary to add X to the system. If you buy a FBSD CD set, you should have sufficient materials on those CD's to create a working FBSD+ X Windows system without much 'Net connectivity. Thanks. Sincerely, Dominick DiMantova HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
