Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:46:21 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Deker <deker@digitaladdiction.com> To: pat.groce@state.sd.us Cc: jlemon@americantv.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: unix is a problem: free bsd doesn't help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981109123356.25645A-100000@nyx.digitaladdiction.com> In-Reply-To: <5D2C95997022D21187350008C7F4CF793E6C00@ESPR1SRV5.state.sd.us>
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On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 pat.groce@state.sd.us wrote: > I couldn't get anything but 3.0 over the net. I mean i download boot.flp and > fdimage.exe, made my install disk, and 3.0 was what i got. DON'T BLAME ME, I > DID EVERYTHING THE WWW.FREEBD.ORG TOLD ME TO FOR AN INSTALL. Why didn't the > web site or setup program warn me not to install 3.0? > If I may: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE isn't THAT hard to find. As for why the setup doesn't tell you not to install 3.0...well. Pardon FreeBSD for assuming that you had an ounce of common sense. Think of it this way. If you had a windows 3.1 box crash, wouldn't it make more sense to restore the 3.1 setup and THEN upgrade? OF COURSE IT WOULD! > The web page at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html made it all > sound so simple. I didn't know there were hidden issues! > This isn't hidden sir, this is common sense... > If the system isn't configured correctly its FREEBSD'S fault! Why can't a > fresh install even stand on two legs? So what if its out of disk space? Not > my fault. It should have configured the partitions correctly from the first > place. What a joke! And you're blaming ME for the system having problems? > Despite what you may think, a generic install program cannot divine what it is that a given system will be doing. If you know that you will be sending a lot of mail for example, it makes sense that you will need more spool space for outgoing mail, thusly /var must be larger. You can't blame the software because you don't know how to run a system. > ADMIT IT! FREEBSD CAN NEVER HOLD A CANDLE TO NT. ONLY A MOUNTAIN TROLL WHO > SPENDS HIS DAYS SLOBBERING OVER A KEYBOARD HACKING SYSTEM CODE COULD EVER > GET IT WORKING. > Wrong again old chap. I know 15 year olds who can very easily admin several boxes in spare time. Not constant hacking, but a few hours here and there. Just because you appear to have a room temp. IQ, don't assume the rest of us do. > This os is not for the business world! > Again, you're wrong. I run all of my stuff here at work on FreeBSD without incident. If I'm not mistaken, wcarchive.cdrom.com recently broke a record for most ftp bandwidth pushed in a single day. It is a single FreeBSD box. The previous record was set my Microsoft....with a FLEET of NT servers (30 or somesuch). rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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