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From: nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE (Nora E. Etukudo)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 94 18:48:42 GMT
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Subject: Re: How do I get FreeBSD (the package)?
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in article <delf.22.00AF806F@mit.edu>,
from Thu, 27 Oct 1994 02:50:24 UNDEFINED,
delf@mit.edu also known as "Daniel Feldkhun",
wrote [shorted]:
[...]
> Help! I can not find the current release of FreeBSD. I've looked at
> many ftp sites:Gatekeeper, FreeBSD.cdrom.com, one in Austria, a few
> others around the world, but they seem to be all mirrors of the same
> site -- one lacking the actual release. Here is the furthest in my
> search i've gotten (on gatekeeper.dec.com):
Look for a server which has the directory
..../FreeBSD/FreeBSD-1.1.5.1-RELEASE/
in this dir get the following files for an installable release
37,696 5-Jul-94 19:30 ./FreeBSD.FAQ
6,728 3-Jul-94 13:32 ./README.1ST
36,633 3-Jul-94 13:32 ./README.INSTALL
10,809 3-Jul-94 13:32 ./RELNOTES.FreeBSD
2,607 3-Jul-94 13:32 ./WHATS_NEW-1.1.5
4,473 3-Jul-94 21:44 ./WHATS_NEW-1.1.5.1
1,228,800 3-Jul-94 09:51 ./floppies/cpio.flp
1,228,800 3-Jul-94 09:48 ./floppies/filesyst.flp
1,228,800 3-Jul-94 09:36 ./floppies/kcopy_ah.flp
1,228,800 3-Jul-94 09:42 ./floppies/kcopy_bt.flp
240,640 3-Jul-94 10:03 ./tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.aa
240,640 3-Jul-94 10:04 ./tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.ab
240,640 3-Jul-94 10:04 ./tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.ac
[..... 59 bin_tgz.?? are here]
240,640 3-Jul-94 10:33 ./tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.ck
239,160 3-Jul-94 10:33 ./tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.cl
This is all you need for a full FreeBSD system. If you want to have the
sources too, get all from this dir
-dir- 28-Oct-94 14:02 ./tarballs/srcdist/
For the boot disks you need kcopy_ah *or* kcopy_bt from the floppies-dir
above, depending on your hd controller.
> As far as I understand (from the readme files) these floppy images are
> to be used as tools for installation. The actual release involves many
> more megabytes. Can anyone suggest an ftp site where I can get the
> full release, or is CDROM the only option I have? I am confused.
gatekeeper should have.
Greetings, Nora (Systemverwalterin).
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