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From: charnier@lirmm.fr (Philippe CHARNIER)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 27 Sep 1994 14:37:29 GMT
Organization: LIRM - Montpellier France
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Message-ID: <CHARNIER.94Sep27153730@baobab.lirmm.fr>
References: <360092$7a6@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
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In-reply-to: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu's message of 23 Sep 1994 21:44:02 -0400
>>>>> "Eric" == Eric S Crampton <ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> writes:
In article <360092$7a6@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Eric S. Crampton) writes:
Eric> I've read the FAQ's on FreeBSD, but being new to FreeBSD and
Eric> relatively new to UNIX, I'm still a little baffled.
Eric> - Is FreeBSD 2.0 the current release version? The absolute
Eric> latest full release?
The last release version is 1.1.5.1. The bsd4.4 based FreeBSD 2.0 is not
yet available as a stable version. It will be soon.
Eric> - I have DOS on this machine now. In the process of putting
Eric> on FreeBSD, I understand that I boot from a floppy to get
Eric> things installed from there. Are there some exact docs that
Eric> tell me what to do? Is FreeBSD really hard to install?
Eric> <grin>
Yes. It is easy. You do not need dos but only the 3 FreeBSD floppies
to start formating the disk, create partitions (fs and swap), and
install tools needed to load the complete binary distribution (from
floppies, tape, ...).
Eric> - What window managers are available? Feeble?
X11R5 / X11R6, and WM they can use.
Eric> - Is there a list that denotes ALL the archives I should get
Eric> for a full FreeBSD installation?
Eric> If this information is in a FAQ that I have missed, please
Eric> direct me to where I can get it and all the other files
Eric> necessary for an installation.
please have a look at ftp.FreeBSD.org in /pub/FreeBSD
Eric> Please reply via e-mail, too, thanks!
too late!
Eric> ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
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