Re: need help choosing appropriate BSD distro

On 23 Jun 2007 18:59:59 -0700, Marco S Hyman <marc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Instead of all this hand wringing why not burn a copy of the install
CD, boot using the burned CD, and see if it supports your network card.
It may. It supports a lot. On the wireless side the install CD
supports . . .

I would if I could--that's not the issue. To save you from reading
back through this thread, this is the gist of the problem:

From what I see there is no "install CD" iso image to obtain and I'd
have to find a way to make a custom install CD. Another person said
that the only way to get an official install CD is to buy one, but I
don't want to take the chance. Some of the BSD branches offer install
CDs.

I have an Atheros card and NetBSD appears to support it (the lights
were blinking), but it ran out of room after switching between disc 1
and 2 fourteen times to install some software packages. (I gave it 4
GB to use.)

Here's where I checked for a full install CD iso image:

http://mirror.planetunix.net/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/i386/

I see none. Some of the titles appear to be install CDs but take a
look at the file size and you'll see what I see.

There are one or two more BSDs to try yet before I give up on it.
.

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