From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 8 23:42:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA15459 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:42:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA15452 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:42:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zneG9-0001T3-00; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:42:09 +0200 Message-ID: <19981209094209.D5576@cityip.co.za> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:42:09 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Matt Swort , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question References: <3.0.1.32.19981208164424.0072f218@jane.penn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19981208164424.0072f218@jane.penn.com>; from Matt Swort on Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 04:44:24PM -0500 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 at 16:44 SAST, Matt Swort wrote: > > 1) Do I make a dos partician with just the command.com and the CDROM > drivers loaded out of the autoexec and config.sys? Nope, not unless you want to set up a dual-boot DOS/FreeBSD machine. > 2) Does FreeBSD come with a boot disk? Yes. See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html for full setup instructions. > 3) Does FreeBSD come with a "windows interface" The X Window System can provide a highly configurable GUI for FreeBSD. > 4) can FreeBSD be networked to a Win98 machine directally? Yes. > 5) where can i obtain the proper driver diskettes for my Fast Ethernet card > so that they work on the BSD system? FreeBSD comes with drivers for most common cards. See the hardware compatibility lists. Good luck! -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message