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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: pre-installation question Date: 9 Sep 1996 14:08:38 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5114sm$g9@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <322F2388.44A4@cleveland.freenet.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] G. Macondray (gh927@cleveland.freenet.edu) wrote: : This question may seem silly but... : What files do I need to download from the FreeBSD ftp server for a minimal installation? : Do I need all the files in the /bin directory? Does FreeBSD have disk sets such as : Linux slackware has? Are the files bin.aa, bin.ab, etc. part of an 'a' disk set? You need at least "bin", and I'd recommend - unless you've got a *really* good reason - "man". The .aa, .ab, .ac are a split compressed tar archive (or is it cpio....) - so they are really just one big file, split up for convenience when downloading with an ftp that can't do REGETs. Download *.TXT from the top level directory - they should tell you this. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....