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I have been trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE on a 1GHz machine with 512MB of memory and CD (not DVD) drive. I have installed several times from the only CD iso that I can find on the download site for i386. When installing, I have chosen the "User" distribution (number 6) from the install menu.
Since I am new to FreeBSD I thought I would start with a simple system with console only so that I don't have to use a mouse or try to understand the X system right away. Although networking with FTP, SSH (in/out) etc works very well, other things don't.
Installing a port is much too slow to attempt to do any larger program and when I type "pkg_add -r name" I get "Error: Unable to get ftp ://.... etc." Are there other CDs available? Is there a better, or more suitable iso? In short, what should I do?
PS: I normally use Linux and have installed numerous distros on this box before. I have also read the FreeBSD install docs. I am just not getting something here.
Since I am new to FreeBSD I thought I would start with a simple system with console only so that I don't have to use a mouse or try to understand the X system right away. Although networking with FTP, SSH (in/out) etc works very well, other things don't.
Installing a port is much too slow to attempt to do any larger program and when I type "pkg_add -r name" I get "Error: Unable to get ftp ://.... etc." Are there other CDs available? Is there a better, or more suitable iso? In short, what should I do?
PS: I normally use Linux and have installed numerous distros on this box before. I have also read the FreeBSD install docs. I am just not getting something here.