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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!cs.dal.ca!cfn.cs.dal.ca!aa327 From: Andrew Phillips <aa327@cfn.cs.dal.ca> Subject: Re: Free BSD questions. In-Reply-To: <9502071726.AA02790@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950209171915.18815A-100000@cfn.cs.dal.ca> Sender: usenet@cs.dal.ca (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cfn.cs.dal.ca Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada References: <9502071726.AA02790@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 21:21:59 GMT Lines: 32 On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Ron Porter wrote: > : First can someone tell me what I should get in the way of packages? > : Second, I know I rawrite the boot/root disks, but do I put the packages > : on an MS-DOS floppy (like you would with Linux), looking for a good > : installation faq. > I have FreeBSD1.1.5.1(waiting for 2.1 to be released before upgradind > to version 2). As far as the packages, get what you want, packages > are just add ons for things you want to do. Don't confuse packages > with the base system, you can a list of what the packages are by > ftp'ing to ftp.cdrom.com. There is also a weekly posting of available > software for FreeBSD in the comp.os.386bsd.announce newsgroup. As for > how to get them onto your system, you can do it with DOS floppies, but > ftp'ing or kermit/modem would be better(some packages may be to big > for a floppy). I'm a bigginer to UNIX/FreeBSD but if i can help email > me. The real experts can be found in newsgroups; > comp.os.386bsd.questions > comp.os.386bsd.misc etc... > or the mailing list at freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com > Ron. Thanks! Does kermit (or even a terminal that I can use rz from) come with the base package? +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Andrew Phillips - aa327@cfn.cs.dal.ca | __ Amiga was great, until | | Voice - (902)-860-2530 | __ ///\ ____ ___ C= | | Fax - (902)-860-1440 | \\\///--| <___ |___> Fucked | +---------------------------------------+ \XX/ | ____> | It Up | |www.cfn.cs.dal.ca/~aa327/bookmark.html +---------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------+