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From: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards)
Subject: Re: Novice questions? Where is the BSD kenel
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In article <3aioah$gbd@crl.crl.com>, Peter Lam <petelam@crl.com> wrote:
>	I am new to BSD, but I am trying to get a hold of it.  I heard 
>that I can get FreeBSD from some of the ftp site, such as freefall.cdrom.com.
>However, when I got into the site, I found that there are some directories
>that contain the package, but I did not find any sight of the kernel to start
>with.  Anyone can give me a clue will be appreciated!
>Thanks in advance.
>

The distribution is available on ftp.freebsd.org in /pub/FreeBSD/2.0-RELEASE.
Freefall is our development machine and is not used, in general, as an ftp
site.

-- 
  Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. 
  Phone: +44 1222 874000 x5958 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home)
  Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff.
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