From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 10:00:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00771 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:00:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sparcy.delanet.com (sparcy.delanet.com [208.9.136.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA00765 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:00:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stevec@delanet.com) Received: (qmail 3394 invoked from network); 9 Nov 1998 17:56:21 -0000 Received: from somnus.delanet.com (HELO delanet.com) (208.9.136.84) by sparcy.delanet.com with SMTP; 9 Nov 1998 17:56:21 -0000 Message-ID: <3646E749.CCBAAEBA@delanet.com> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 07:59:53 -0500 From: "Stephen C. Comoletti" Organization: DelaNET X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pat.groce@state.sd.us CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unix is a problem: free bsd doesn't help References: <5D2C95997022D21187350008C7F4CF793E6C00@ESPR1SRV5.state.sd.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? > > 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! > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp It *is* that easy. Maybe you need to sit down, take a breath, look at the problem again and rethink your plan of attack to solve your problems. Hasty decisions usually lead to disaster and make people look foolish. > 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? > I just installed a new web server using 3.0, aside from a buggy ether card (not bsd's fault) I had no trouble. BSD is not for the in-experienced I dont think. You need more than a vage knowledge of unix to work with it. And I think patience is the most important thing you need (this applies to any OS). > 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. -- Stephen C. Comoletti Asst. Systems Administrator DELANET, Inc. http://www.delanet.com TEL: (302) 326-5800, FAX: (302) 326-5802 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message