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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ? to dl for freebsd
Date: 6 Oct 1996 13:37:57 GMT
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In article <01bbb1b4$70eb0260$69a5d4cd@bjurb>,
	"Barbwire" <bjurb@michiana.org> writes:
> What do i need to download to install freebsd.
> I will be downloading it for cdrom.com 
> What files do i need to downlaod and from what dir's

*.TXT
bin/*
floppies/boot.flp
floppies/fixit.flp (unless you think nothing will go wrong)

> Is there another ftp site where these files are zipped.

These files are gzip'd (the ones in bin/ anyway) - they're the split
version of a gzip'd tar archive.

> Is there a bbs in south bend indiana 219 that i can download from
> that will have freebsd and linux.

Dunno - sorry.

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....