Newbie needs help with first time configuration

[Josh Grosse]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:57:52PM -0400, Nick ! wrote:
> On 3/12/07, Woodchuck <djv at bedford.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Nick ! wrote:
> >
> > > >    I am using MSN which does not support pop downloads.  MSN supports the
> > > > http protocol.  I am very appreciative of your help.
> > >
> > > Huh? Why does this matter?
> > >
> > > -Nick
> >
> > Nick, could he mean "ftp" (not pop)?
> 
> The thing is, what he says is correct. MSN (i.e. hotmail; notice he
> has an @msn.com address) only has a webmail interface, not a POP
> interface. It just has no relevance that I can see. The only other way
> it could be interpreted would imply he's confusing pkg_add with MSN
> somehow.

I think the OP doesn't realize that cd40.iso *just* contains the ramdisk
kernel, in bootable cd format, and that the filesets need to be acquired
via network during install, or ... via network prior to install, and placed
on a 2nd cd or another place the ramdisk kernel can get it.