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03.12.2004 at 08:02AM PST, ID: 10581581

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03.12.2004 at 08:02AM PST, ID: 10581581

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If your computer does not boot floppies, you need to record a CD. If you cannot, you can buy FreeBSD CD set at shps seen on www.FreeBSD.org site.
start here:
ftp://ftp.cc.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/
replace cc with your two letter country code (us for USA)
click releases
click i386
iso image to burn on your cd recorder is where you see
if you need floppies, select one of release direcotries and look for floppies here
if you cannot write a floppy wrom window return where we started, and get rawrite.exe from tools directory.
rawrite for Windows NT is clled ntrw.exe and I found it here
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.4/tools/
learn to use command line, especially md5.exe, unless you get file checksum right, it is impossible to get installer installing.
read installation part at www.freebsd.org/handbook
if you stop somewhere, let us know, we will help.

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03.14.2004 at 10:44AM PST, ID: 10592887
ok, I got a quick question, I'm going to run FreeBSD on a IBM, pentium 4, what architecture do i need?

amd64
i386
ia64
pc98

and what are the diffrencees?
 
03.14.2004 at 12:39PM PST, ID: 10593284
ikong gaga,

you can download the OS from www.freebsd.org, on the left top of the screen you will see the "getting freebsd" link.  You can go to one of the FTP sites and download.  Just know that it is a rather large download.  I found it easier to purchase the cd's for $20 which include the os and add-ons.  good luck and i hope this helps.

caiapfas - sounds like i386 but what is currently on this machine OS wise?

thanks, x
 
03.14.2004 at 01:11PM PST, ID: 10593431

Rank: Wizard

You need i386 architecture.

amd64 is Athlon 64 or Opteron, these in turn run i386 too.

These are unikely to be seen:
ia64 is Itanium
pc98 is old, by NEC, never sold outside Japan
 
03.15.2004 at 12:21PM PST, ID: 10600604
is the os available for download from a http server. actually the firewall on my institute lan does not give access to ftp servers on the net but it works fine onthe ftp servers on our lan i donot know why?
 
03.15.2004 at 01:25PM PST, ID: 10601199
 
03.15.2004 at 03:05PM PST, ID: 10601960
dibyadeep,

I haven't seen an http site with the download just ftp.  I would highly recommend getting the disks from the freebsd mall online or if you have a MicroCenter or CompUSA in your area pluncking down the dollars and buy the cd's.  I paid $19.95 for the four disk set ver 5.0 at MicroCenter.  The cd's are free to copy so you could go in with friends and split the cost. Hope this helps

good luck, x
 
03.15.2004 at 11:30PM PST, ID: 10604068

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xray - how do you feel about http access to sunet's archive??? Is this really not a download site ??
 
03.16.2004 at 02:01PM PST, ID: 10610605
gheist,

"Is this really not a download site ??"  Looks like a site to me.  <hanging head in shame> The ftp in the url scraed me.  For that matter so too are:

http://ftp9.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/

http://ftp13.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/

But the amount of time downlaoding from these sites takes away from my Unreal online time.  Can't have that.  Still think bitting the bullet and getting the cd's is the best option.

thanks, x

 
03.20.2004 at 04:50AM PST, ID: 10640054
The best installation for a strict firewall set is to download the floppyies kern.flp and mfsroot.flp and use the option "USE PASSIVE FTP"  The allows for downloading through tight systems.
 
04.25.2004 at 02:18AM PDT, ID: 10911140
you can usually get a burned cd or dvd from eBay for a couple bucks... if not you can email me: ryanl@csh.rit.edu and i can mail em to you.

Ryan
 
05.22.2004 at 09:12AM PDT, ID: 11133600
No comment has been added to this question in more than 21 days, so it is now classified as abandoned.

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05.26.2004 at 04:04PM PDT, ID: 11166772
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