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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.indy.net!indy1!bolski From: bolski@indy.net (Ivan Samuelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: What to install with FreeBSD? Date: 16 May 1996 13:05:24 GMT Organization: IndyNet - Indys Internet Gateway (info@indy.net) Lines: 48 Message-ID: <4nf96k$m8t@news.indy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: indy1.indy.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19467 comp.os.linux.misc:104057 I'm currently running Linux, but I'd like to also try FreeBSD. However, I am unsure of what I need to download in order to install. I have the boot floppy (atapi one), but what dirs under the 2.1.0-RELEASE directory do I need? I've downloaded the /bin, /compat1x, /compat20, /des, /dict, /floppies, /games, /info, /manpages, /proflibs, and /src and /XF86312. Will this give me everything I need? What exactly do each of these give me in the way of programs? Is there a list somewhere on the net that explains what each directory contains? I've read the FAQ and the Handbook, and neither one seems to explain exactly what you need to download in the way of packages in order to even get a minimal installation. I've considered getting the Walnut Creek CD-ROM, which I'm sure would really simplify things for me, but I don't feel like shelling out $40 for it only to find that I really would rather continue running Linux. I guess my main question is which DIRs do I really need for a full UNIX installation that allows me to: a) compile programs b) have TCP/IP c) have TEX/Latex d) have EMACS e) have PINE, ELM, etc. f) Tcl/Tk g) do PPP and SLIP over a telephone line Also, I saw a couple of dirs with huge files in them. I didn't download them, but I was curious as to what they were. Specifically, they are the /commerce, /xperimnt directories, as well as the following files in the XF86312 directory: XF86-co.tgz and XF86-xc.tgz Thanks for any help in this information. Also, if anyone has any tips on what to install and what is useful, I'd appreciate it. Again, my main reason for trying BSD is to see if it would better suit my needs. Although, I do know that it supports my Ditto 420 Floppy drive whereas I've been having a heck of a time getting it to work under Linux (Slackware 3.0). Thanks. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ivan Samuelson, Consultant * Blue Ribbon Campaign Supporter Profound Consulting * bolski@indy.net http://indy.net/~profound * http://chaos.taylored.com/home/bolski/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-