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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!osvif.demon.co.uk!tim From: Tim Crowther <tim@osvif.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: First Time FreeBSD Install by Newbie Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:50:34 +0000 Organization: sqaure root of minus one Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <QSLCUMA63SBxEw32@osvif.demon.co.uk> References: <4ds000$ocm@news.magi.com> <4e1bfj$9vk@news.magi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: osvif.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: osvif.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.10 <0k9RCGGUMsSgEIJntMd56w9J+R> In article <4e1bfj$9vk@news.magi.com>, steve ames <sames@magi.com> writes > >Thanks for the tip. I've heard of OS/2 users who have had to do something >similar. It would be nice to be able to install from the CD, but I have 80 >megs free in one partition and I have a Colorado Jumbo 350 to fall back on if >FreeBSD doesn't "see" the CD EOM. Well you could find a DOS version of tar and put it all on the tape unit, some kind soul will tell me just how much jibberish this is. >I'm going to take my time and hope this >will be as painless as possible. However, compiling a kernal is a big step >up for a guy who hasn't done more than advanced batch files. ;) Strangely enough it's a lot easier than you think, but it can use a lot of space while you're doing it. > > >Steve Ames >sames@magi.com > -- Tim Crowther (at Home) [ Never trust a software engineer with a screwdriver ]