Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:54:46 -0600 From: Tom <tsasser@terra.cl> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd 5 first installation Message-ID: <200305151754.46981.tsasser@terra.cl>
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hi all, i just installed freebsd 5 on my laptop. the minimal install + ftp + ema= cs=20 looks alot like...*nix. gee, imagine that. unfortunately, they chose th= e c=20 shell and bourne shells as default :( anyways, the installer was a bit annoying because it looked like it was s= tuck=20 in a loop...i looped a coupla times because i was reading something else.= =20 but, freebsd's subtle hint of going back to the same screen helped...so i= did=20 the postconfig stuff. =20 i don't mind text based / curses configs...in fact, i prefer them. i hat= e=20 clicking, especially in freeciv. ah, the joys of unix! =20 i really like how the default font is something like 24 pt...very easy to= =20 read. =20 however, there are problems. first, i chose to install bash from the=20 additional software section. emacs installed, but bash did not. weird! also, PPP over ethernet wasn't an option...also weird because DSL is comm= on. usb support also failed. has anyone seen any supporting documentation for PPPoe? the bsd handbook= =20 didn't have anything on it. thanks, tom
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