Download what?

2006-10-13 Thread Rick Stout
I am new to FreeBSD and wish to install a version (6.1) within VMWare to learn the system. I have installed and used Ubuntu Linux using the Gnome desktop and have extensive experience with all of the Windows OS's. The problem I am having is trying to determine without too much trial and error

Re: Download what?

2006-10-13 Thread albi
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:12:13 -0500 Rick Stout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am new to FreeBSD and wish to install a version (6.1) within VMWare to learn the system. I have installed and used Ubuntu Linux using the Gnome desktop and have extensive experience with all of the Windows OS's. The

Re: Download what?

2006-10-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rick Stout wrote: I am new to FreeBSD and wish to install a version (6.1) within VMWare to learn the system. I have installed and used Ubuntu Linux using the Gnome desktop and have extensive experience with all of the Windows OS's. The problem I am having is trying to determine without too

Re: Download what?

2006-10-13 Thread Michael S
You don't even need the installation CDs. For VMware you can download one of these pre-made images for VMPlayer: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/ You will find FreeBSD 6.0 and 6.1, minimal install with no desktop and PCBSD which is a FreeBSD with a nice KDE desktop and some extra

Re: I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??)

2006-05-13 Thread Adrian Pavone
Nick Withers wrote: On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It was my second time to download a 6.1 iso from one of the regional ftp sites.. Lucky we have a slightly fast connection (155Mbps)... Slightly fast? What do you call fast?

Re: I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??)

2006-05-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adrian Pavone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From what I read about the checksums for 6.1, the checksum was generated with a checksum actually being present in the ISO (which was then overwritten by the newly developed checksum). As such, the checksum will never match, as a checksum can never

I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??)

2006-05-12 Thread Mark Jayson Alvarez
Hi, It was my second time to download a 6.1 iso from one of the regional ftp sites.. Lucky we have a slightly fast connection (155Mbps)... By the way, is it really dangerous to ignore these checksums that doesn't match with the published one? What's the reason behind this bad checksum mismatch??.

Re: I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??)

2006-05-12 Thread Nick Withers
On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It was my second time to download a 6.1 iso from one of the regional ftp sites.. Lucky we have a slightly fast connection (155Mbps)... Slightly fast? What do you call fast? :-) By the way, is it