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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ be the "Obtaining FreeBSD" section of RELNOTES.TXT.
<sect1>
<title>Obtaining &os;</title>
<para>You may obtain &os; in a variety of ways. This section
<para>&os; may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section
focuses on those ways that are primarily of use for obtaining a
complete &os; distribution, rather than updating an existing
installation. More information can be found in the <ulink
@ -65,17 +65,22 @@ be the "Obtaining FreeBSD" section of RELNOTES.TXT.
<para>You can use FTP to retrieve &os; and any or all of its
optional packages from <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/</ulink>, which
url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/"></ulink>, which
is the
official &os; release site.</para>
official &os; release site, or any of its <quote>mirrors</quote>.</para>
<para>For other locations that mirror the &os; software see the
file <filename>MIRROR.SITES</filename>.
Please FTP the distribution from the site
closest (in networking terms) to you. Additional mirror sites are
always welcome!
<para>Lists of locations that mirror &os;
can be found in the <ulink
url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html#mirrors-ftp">FTP
Sites</ulink> section of the Handbook, or on the
<ulink url="http://www.freebsdmirrors.org/"></ulink> Web pages.
Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which to
download the distribution is highly recommended.</para>
<para>Additional mirror sites are
always welcome.
Contact <email>freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</email> for more
details if you'd like to become an official mirror site.</para>
details on becoming an official mirror site.</para>
<para>Mirrors generally contain the floppy disk images necessary
to begin an installation, as well as the distribution files needed