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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-cv!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.cc.wwu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!spleen.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Where to start? Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 15:40:03 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington Lines: 24 Message-ID: <kargl-0506951540030001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> References: <3qtasf$qec@Owl.nstn.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp3.u.washington.edu In article <3qtasf$qec@Owl.nstn.ca>, nstn2285@fox.nstn.ca (Mark Sherrard) wrote: > I'm really trying to find out how to install, use etc. Freebsd. Is > there an installation document somewhere. I am really unfamiliar with > UNIX. Am I in the right place to start? I did download some files > from 2.0.5 Alpha. But not seeing any docs in that directory leads me > to all of you. > Download the ftp://pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/boot.flp (Use binary transfer.) Use the rawrite.exe utility under MS-DOS to copy this image to a 1.44M floppy. Boot this disk and start reading the documentation. If you have WEB access, try http://www.FreeBSD.org -- Steven G. Kargl Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105