From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 31 5:47:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.bezeqint.net (mail-a.bezeqint.net [192.115.106.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1126114C24 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 05:47:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sarig@bezeqint.net) Received: from asmodean (pri6128.isdn.net.il) by mail.bezeqint.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.07.30.00.05.p8) with SMTP id <0FNL00ADVYAXPO@mail.bezeqint.net> for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:47:22 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 15:46:49 +0200 From: Oren Sarig Subject: Re: First time installation of freeBSD To: Monica Natrajan , questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <005d01bf5395$7d31a020$804119d4@asmodean> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 References: <19991230231503.11315.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Priority: 3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > a) if this is the only list on the free BSD site I think so... though I also think it hasen't been updated for some time, so if something is not listed there, it might be supported already. > b) and do I need to worry about the extra items that win98 control panel > claims that are in the machine Depends on what they are... judging by the configuration you posted below you have a pretty standard system. You should remember your video card model if you plan on using X, your modem, and any other non-standard devices (IE, you have an (E)IDE controller, not some Promise Ultra66 you have to remember). A thing that could be helpful though is opening the system part in the control panel, choose computer in the device manager, and click the "Print" button. This would print a summary of the hardware on your computer. > c) when I try to install from a CD - the first screen shows a number of > conflicts in device drivers and asks me to disable some of them - on what > basis I am supposed to disable the drivers and what happens if I incorrectly > disable some of them The installation kernel comes with support for many devices, most of which you probably don't have, and some conflict. The idea is to disable anything you don't have. Don't worry if you made mistakes - as long as you have what you need for the installation, you can enable them later on. > also if someone can describe first hand novice experience in installing > freeBSD - then it will be really helpful - (this is getting a bigger project > than it was supposed to be ) It actually took me 15 mins to get fbsd up and running the first time I tried. But this is also because I've used Linux before, which means I went through a similar proccess and already knew my hardware, knew what warnings to ignore, and was familiar with the Unix environment. Don't take me wrong though, installing Linux was a royal pain in the a**, as I assume installing fbsd for the first time can be. It's not that difficult though, and you'de probably wade through it somehow :P. Anyways, good luck! Cheers, Oren Sarig sarig@bezeqint.net.il To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message