Obtaining the unix o/s

2003-12-04 Thread Dominick DiMantova
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

Re: Obtaining the unix o/s

2003-12-04 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
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

Re: Obtaining the unix o/s

2003-12-04 Thread Dominick DiMantova
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

Re: Obtaining the unix o/s

2003-12-04 Thread Matthew Seaman
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

Re: Obtaining the unix o/s

2003-12-04 Thread HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER
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