Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:35:51 -0400 From: "Mark Fowle" <mfowle@navicominc.com> To: "Brad Smith Site" <bradsmithsite@gmail.com>, <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: For the Newbies Message-ID: <759E3F14A23281479A85A082BBCFA5423BB0F1@sbsa.NavicomInc.local> In-Reply-To: <000001c8b45f$cf15bbe0$6d4133a0$@com> References: <000001c8b45f$cf15bbe0$6d4133a0$@com>
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Given you need to learn it, not just play with it, I'd recommend starting with the hand book: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ A normal desk top install would use Disc 1-3 Boot only, only boots the computer to a FreeBSD kernel where you might do a network install or some recovery functions. Live FS is a Live Filesystem, It may allow you to run FreeBSD with out overwriting what ever is already on the computer by booting the computer with it in the CD drive. What Languages? Hum, many. Most European and Asian languages. I'm not the one to answer that question properly. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brad Smith Site Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:41 PM To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: For the Newbies Hello. Shouldn't you have a newbie section on the WWW? I have no idea what is going on. =20 I'm a Microsoft boy but need to learn FreeBSD for a project. =20 Please can you let me know what these files that I downloaded actually are? =20 . 7.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso o Boot only? Does it download files from the Internet to install the OS? Does it allow you to repair an installation? Why is it available for download? I have the entire 7.0 release 32-bit and would like to know what this file does. . 7.0-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso o What does "livefs" stand for (Live File System? What?)? What does this disc do? =20 I've seared google.com for "what is livefs" (in quotes) and got one result: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-56962.html =20 It's a forum, and on the post, the guy doesn't know what it does. =20 Last thing, what languages does FreeBSD support? I have a specific way of organising my software and like to know what languages the system supports. =20 Please can you answer the three things highlighted in orange. =20 Thank you for your time. =20 Brad Smith _______________________________________________ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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