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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Edward and Nancy Powers <ednan171@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 04:54:14PM -0400, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote:

> 
>   I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to
>   run commands and become familiar with the system.  I wish to use this
>   system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I
>   do not want to replace Windows at this time.
> 
>   My PC has:  Pentium III Processor at 1GHz, 128MB RAM at 133 MHz,
>   Windows ME operating system.
> 
>   What course of action do you recommend that I take?

Oh, one more thing, I should have mentioned first.

Check out the FreeBSD Handbook which is online at the FreeBSD web site.
It is quire complete for installations and setting up the system.

////jerry

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>   Thanks.
> 
> 
>   Ed Powers
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