From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 15:17:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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 A8AF316A400 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nixlists@writemoore.net) Received: from mail.mailsnare.net (v187.mailsnare.net [206.246.200.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6A743D8F for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:17:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nixlists@writemoore.net) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (71-34-101-93.ptld.qwest.net [71.34.101.93]) by mail.mailsnare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2116A276C2; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:17:27 +0000 (UTC) From: "Michael M." To: Tim In-Reply-To: <44255711.8080309@cogeco.ca> References: <44255711.8080309@cogeco.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:16:43 -0800 Message-Id: <1143299803.23986.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at mailsnare.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installong screenshots X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:17:36 -0000 On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 09:43 -0500, Tim wrote: > Here's an idea, many of the distros I download I get from this site, > distrowatch..com , most of the distros have screenshots of installing > there OS's, FreeBSD does NOT have set of anything, if they did I am sure > it would make is easy as I always use them to install my OS distros. If what you mean are the screenshots found at http://shots.osdir.com/ , I agree that it would be very helpful if the FreeBSD install routine was illustrated in the same way. It can be useful for people to get a better idea of what to expect, when used as an adjunct to a solid install document. But I speak as an not-disinterested bystander. I'm expecting delivery of a new machine next week, and I want to try my hand at installing FreeBSD. (I have tried once before, but failed due to disk geometry errors I couldn't figure out how to solve.) So I've been reading through some of the documentation on-and-off, and lurking here, just to get prepared -- and, um, psyched. :-) I figured the logical first step will be to try out the live CD. You don't mention whether you tried that, but if you didn't it might help you with whatever problems you're having: http://www.freesbie.org/ -- Michael M. -- Portland, OR -- USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." -S. Jackson