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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.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.gtn.com!news.netuse.de!tpki.toppoint.de!abc.toppoint.de!123.org!not-for-mail From: kai@123.org (Kai Voigt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD Date: 23 Sep 1996 08:48:01 +0200 Organization: 123.org - Die kleinste Domain der Welt Lines: 21 Sender: kai@abc.123.org Message-ID: <525br1$it@abc.123.org> References: <3245A9D0.DF4@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: abc.123.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Andi Baritchi <andi@airmail.net> writes: >Is the FreeBSD CD a bootable CD so I don't have to use the floppy? I No, you will have to create a boot floppy first. On the CD you will find the disk images as well as a DOS tool to create the floppy. >have a Buslogic BT-948 PCI UltraSCSI controller and a Plextor 8Plex SCSI >CDROM, which both support booting directly off of a CD. Also, where is >the best place to get the CD ($$$)? Here in Germany you get the CD in almost every book store that sells computer books. Over there you shouldn't have any problems either. The price is about $30, I guess. Kai -- Kai Voigt, Gerhardstraße 97, D-24105 Kiel, +49 177 2705456 "Ist Euch schon aufgefallen, daß ... die gleichen Initialen wie ein bekanntes Reizgas hat?" -- rem@toppoint.de