Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 17:50:27 +0000 From: rob <europax@home.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Matt Rudderham <matt@researcher.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD? Message-ID: <39DF6263.FBCBA866@home.com> References: <14815.42726.976853.807442@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > > Matt Rudderham writes: > > >I'm sure that many moore people are just waiting for an friendlier > > >version of Freebsd. I know I do. > > > > > Yes, I know what you mean, when I first wanted to learn more about Unix, I > > remember buying an Easy to Install Linux Distribution, I think it may have > > been Corel. It was supposed to have a nice easy installation, very > > graphical. After booting from the CD, it would start to load, the screen > > would go blank, then reboot my machine, it would do this in a never ending > > process. As it turns out I was told by corel it was because my ATI video > > card was not supported. I would much rather have an installation that is > > guaranteed to work as apposed to one that is guaranteed to look nice if it > > does. If you're having problems with the FreeBSD installation, please ask > > questions on the list, the people here are more than willing to help you. > > Sounds like Corel went full bore graphical, instead of doing it > halfway. Personally, I don't want/need a graphical install, but it > would be nice - so long as it's *optional*. If I can't install without > plugging in a video card, something is broken. > > Of course, anyone who thinks FreeBSD is hard should give Sun $75 for > Solaris 8 and install that. It asks you for *cylinder* numbers. Talk > about a blast from the past! > > <mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I had to give cylinder numbers with OpenBSD. I sat there with a calculator turning cylinders and sectors into Mb, but it gives you lots of time for really thinking about your partitioning :) Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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