Newbie question

[David Banning]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:28:06PM -0500, Brent E. Waldrep wrote:
> First thing, I know very little about Free BSD and Unix and Lunix
> 
> I have just got a server off Ebay, and would like to install Free BSD on it.
> However, I'm getting stuck on the very first step, The bootable floppy disk.
> 
> I have downloaded both mfsroot.flp and kern.flp, svaed them on a machine
> using win95. From there I go into MSDOS and at the c:\windows prompt type in
> fdimage kern.flp a: and is says bad command.

In my opinion, it is a lot easier to install for newbies if you use
the cdroms. You can download and burn copies yourself or buy some.