Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 11:33:12 -0600 From: "Gerald Beisch" <b1@ncn.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Freebsd Installation Message-ID: <01bd7070$388f37c0$372148ce@generic>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD703D.EDF4C7C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I currently am a user of Windows95 and am looking for something better. Trying to install this OS is very difficult without having either some = prior=20 of BSD or Unix. While install directions may seem pretty simple I = believe they are hard to follow. I have downloaded all bin, doc, man, and src files to = hard and=20 floppy disks. The problem comes in while trying to reboot with a valid = kernel, I have read and reread all pertinent info with little added = help. Are there any books that=20 show exactly when and where and how to make all necessary inputs to get = the system up and running or other sources short of buying a cdrom. = Gerald Beisch b1@ncn.net ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD703D.EDF4C7C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I currently am a user of Windows95 = and am=20 looking for something better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Trying to install this OS is very = difficult=20 without having either some prior </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>of BSD or Unix. While install = directions may=20 seem pretty simple I believe they are</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>hard to follow. I have = downloaded all bin,=20 doc, man, and src files to hard and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>floppy disks. The problem comes in = while trying=20 to reboot with a valid kernel, I have read and reread all pertinent info = with=20 little added help. Are there any books that </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>show exactly when and where and how = to make all=20 necessary inputs to get the system up and running or other sources short = of=20 buying a cdrom. Gerald Beisch <A=20 href=3D"mailto:b1@ncn.net">b1@ncn.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD703D.EDF4C7C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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