From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 29 20:00:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA13153 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:00:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from digital.noc.hiatt.net (cx80894-b.alsv1.occa.home.com [24.1.171.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA13145 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:00:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from william@corp.hiatt.net) Received: from corp.hiatt.net (client-pc1@anthrax.noc.hiatt.net [24.1.173.119]) by digital.noc.hiatt.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a-digital) with ESMTP id UAA11164; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:00:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3662184E.178517F1@corp.hiatt.net> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:00:14 -0800 From: "William H. Hiatt III" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG CC: Suchocki@corp.hiatt.net Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd References: <000001be1c14$904de420$f6a08318@9zt3t.ce.mediaone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well actually two things. A) Just make a boot disk, and install it from there. Instrucatinos are clear on the webpage, it's not that hard B) You see, Linux is EXACTLY what you described below, and more appropiately, if you aint' got a clue, and do most Linux users have a clue? Not really.? If you need to get one, goto redhat.com, if you can't figure it out then.. well I don't know. Heh, I mean, I use Linux, but I also use Solaris, BSDi, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. P.S. I'm not trying to make this a flame or anything... Don't get me wrong..I'm just saying it complicates me when it's right there on the webpage. Ed Suchocki wrote: > I know that many people are using Free Bsd in their systems. I'm curious how > these people have been able to figure where to start in using the system. I > was expecting to find some insight here on the web but there is none to be > found. How to download the software is as clear as mud. A person must be > completely familiar with FTP and Free BSD before attempting to download and > install it. If Free bsd is to get into the main stream there must be a > better way for people to get useful and clear information as to how to > install and download this system. The books that I have found are of no > great help either. This operating system is only good to those who already > know it! > > If you know of any sites or books that discuss the features of FreeBSD and > have examples of how to use FTP to download it, I would appreciate the > information. > > I'm currently using MS Explorer 4.0 and I do not see any way of starting an > ftp file transfer (no reference in help). > > Frustrated in Chicago, > > ejs614@flash.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message