downloading via ftp server
Winston Mattson
Hello,
I would like to download all the free bsd files (rel 2.2.6 I think the
version is called) to a local server on my network and then install it
from their.
Do you have the full release in one file or broken up into a couple so
that downloading is eayser? If you don't would you be able to put the
directory in to compressed zip files for example to make it easyer to
download? Say about 25+meg each??
If you do, what would the ftp server address and the directory location
be?
Your advice would be greatly appriciated,
Regards
Winston
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Doug White
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Winston Mattson wrote:
> I would like to download all the free bsd files (rel 2.2.6 I think the
> version is called) to a local server on my network and then install it
> from their.
Excellent idea.
> Do you have the full release in one file or broken up into a couple so
> that downloading is eayser? If you don't would you be able to put the
> directory in to compressed zip files for example to make it easyer to
> download? Say about 25+meg each??
Actually, it's broken up into 240KB chunks and several distributions
(except X). You have to grab bin/ and will want to grab floppies/ and
probably tools/, but the rest is optional. This list may help:
FreeBSD File Requirements:
REQUIRED:
floppies/boot.flp (boot floppy image)
tools/fdimage.exe (DOS bootfloppy image writer)
bin/*
RECOMMENDED:
manpages/
compat*/
doc/ (at your discretion)
src/ssys.*
> If you do, what would the ftp server address and the directory location
> be?
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwh...@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major