From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 17:54:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E4037B401 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:54:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.prodigy.net.mx (dfproxy03.prodigy.net.mx [148.235.168.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37DD643FAF for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:54:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ibac@prodigy.net.mx) Received: from pc1 (du-200-67-41-31.prodigy.net.mx [200.67.41.31]) sims.4.0.2001.07.26.11.50.p9) with SMTP id <0HD10009XWX3XZ@SMTP.Prodigy.Net.mx>; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:48:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 19:50:35 -0500 From: Alfonso Romero To: Willie Viljoen Message-id: <00db01c2fe32$0bce8920$0100a8c0@ibac> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <20030408110256.11656.qmail@linuxmail.org> <200304081328.00551.will@unfoldings.net> cc: "\"Steve Moss\"" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot disk question (was "No Subject") X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 00:54:30 -0000 Maybe you could use an old version of KDE, I remember installing freebsd 2.2.X on a 486 with 16MB of RAM and using Netscape Navigator, etc., but canīt remember if that was KDE or another window manager. Let me check it out. Regards, Alfonso ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willie Viljoen" To: "Steve Moss" ; Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 6:28 AM Subject: Re: Boot disk question (was "No Subject") > On Tuesday 08 April 2003 13:02, someone, possibly Steve Moss, typed: > > So I got a CD of FBSD 5.0. I can't even find "makeflp" or whatever you > > write the boot disks with on Windows. (too old to boot from CD) (not me > > the computers). > > The tools to create the two disk set, aswell as the images for the two disks > are available on the FreeBSD 5.0 CD1. If you have the mini-CD, you may or > may not have these tools, I do not have a mini-CD here to check this. > > The images are in the floppies/ directory in the root of the CD. In that > directory is also a README file with instructions for creating the disk > set. The fdimage tool (aswell as other tools, partition splitters, > alternative bootloaders, etc) are available in tools/ also in the root of > the CD. > > > Is it worth me persevering with BSD? I do really need a GUI because my > > customers aren't that pioneering - they've emerged from the 2nd millenium > > like everyone else - as babies who can only point and click. So what do > > you think? Shall I go on to ask how to make boot floppies from my BSD cd? > > It is most certainly worth it. CD1 includes both the KDE and GNOME GUIs, > both very good and easily upgradable from the internet with portupgrade. > They require a certain level of power though, I would say atleast a 300MHz > CPU and no less than 128MB of RAM, the more the better. > > For less powerful systems, you might want to look at WindowMaker. It is a > simple, yet powerful and relatively easy to use window manager that, with > minimal training, will let your users do most of what they can do with > other systems. Windowmaker should be on one of the FreeBSD CDs, though it > might not be on CD1. It is also available in ports. > > For more information on installing or upgrading from ports, after > installing, check the FreeBSD handbook in > /usr/share/doc/handbook/index.html, or online at http://www.freebsd.org/. > The Handbook has also been translated into German. If you install the doc > distribution, this will be in /usr/share/doc/, it is also available at the > web site above. > > Hope this helps > Will > > -- > Willie Viljoen > Freelance IT Consultant > > 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas > Bloemfontein > 9321 > South Africa > > +27 51 522 15 60 > +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) > +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) > > will@unfoldings.net > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >