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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.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!mr.net!winternet.com!winternet.com!ttv From: ttv@winternet.com (Thomas T Veldhouse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: What should I download? Date: 29 Jan 97 20:14:19 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Lines: 26 Message-ID: <ttv.854568859@winternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: parka.winternet.com Summary: What packages should I donwload for a complete English install Keywords: Packages X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34693 I am planning to put FreeBSD on my system tomorrow. I need to know what packages to download overnight. I have looked in the 2.1.6 packages directory and it seems that I can download most everything except the Chinese, Japanese, and Russian stuff - which I don't need. However, I have been looking at the X11 stuff and I don't see the servers (SVGA in particular) listed in the packages. Should I download that from one of the other directories in the tree (X11R6) and if so, where should I put this if I am going to install from a DOS partition? I would like to download as much as possible to get this up and running with a minimal of post install effort. I am familiar with LINUX. I am currently using RedHat 4.0. I am beginning to work with socket programming using 4.4BSD. I assume that FreeBSD is better suited for this, not to mention it really seems to be a better UNIX. Please, any guidance would be helpful. I have read as much of the documentation online as I can find (README.TXT, INSTALL.TXT and manual stuff). Thank you, Tom Veldhouse ttv@winternet.com (Winternet -> Minnesota -> the name speaks for itself)