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$FreeBSD$
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obtaining.sgml
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Information on getting a copy of FreeBSD. This text used to
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be the "Obtaining FreeBSD" section of RELNOTES.TXT.
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<sect1>
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<title>Obtaining &os;</title>
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<para>You may obtain &os; in a variety of ways. This section
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focuses on those ways that are primarily of use for obtaining a
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complete &os; distribution, rather than updating an existing
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installation. More information can be found in the <ulink
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url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
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FreeBSD</quote></ulink> appendix to the <ulink
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url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/">FreeBSD
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Handbook</ulink>.</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>CDROM</title>
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<para>&os; 4.x-RELEASE and 3.x-RELEASE may be ordered on
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CDROM from:
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<address>
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BSDi
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<street>4041 Pike Lane, Suite D</street>
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<city>Concord</city> <state>CA</state> <postcode>94520</postcode>
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<country>USA</country>
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<phone>+1-800-786-9907</phone>
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<phone>+1-925-674-0783</phone>
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<fax>+1-925-674-0821 (FAX)</fax></address>
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</para>
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<para>Orders may also be placed via the Internet from
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<email>orders@cdrom.com</email> or <ulink
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url="http://www.cdrom.com/">http://www.cdrom.com/</ulink>. A
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current catalog can be obtained via ftp from <ulink
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url="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog</ulink>.</para>
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<para>As of this writing, the cost per -RELEASE CDROM set is $39.95
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(US Dollars) or $24.95 with a &os;
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subscription. &os; SNAPshot CDROM sets, when available, are $39.95 or
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$14.95 with a &os;-SNAP subscription (-RELEASE and -SNAP
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subscriptions are entirely separate). With a subscription, you
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will automatically receive updates as they are released. Your
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credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped and you may
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cancel your subscription at any time without further
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obligation.</para>
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<para>Shipping (per order not per disk) is $5.00 in the United
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States, Canada or Mexico and $9.00 overseas. BSDi accepts Visa,
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Mastercard, Discover, American Express or checks in U.S. Dollars
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and ships COD within the United States. California residents
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please add 8.25% sales tax.</para>
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<para>Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CDROM comes with
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an unconditional return policy.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>FTP</title>
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<para>You can use FTP to retrieve &os; and any or all of its
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optional packages from <ulink
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url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/</ulink>, which
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is the
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official &os; release site.</para>
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<para>For other locations that mirror the &os; software see the
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file <filename>MIRROR.SITES</filename>.
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Please FTP the distribution from the site
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closest (in networking terms) to you. Additional mirror sites are
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always welcome!
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Contact <email>freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</email> for more
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details if you'd like to become an official mirror site.</para>
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<para>Mirrors generally contain the floppy disk images necessary
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to begin an installation, as well as the distribution files needed
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for the install process itself. Some mirrors also contain some of
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the ISO images necessary to create a CDROM of a &os; release.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Email</title>
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<para>If you do not have access to the Internet and electronic
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mail is your only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by
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sending mail to <email>ftpmail@ftpmail.vix.com</email> - putting
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the keyword <literal>help</literal> in your message to get more
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information on how to fetch files from a &os; FTP archive using
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this mechanism. Please do note, however, that this will end up
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sending many <emphasis>tens of megabytes</emphasis> through the
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mail and should only be employed as an absolute
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<emphasis>last</emphasis> resort!</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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