From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 2 18: 1:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from listproc.corp.loudcloud.com (olly.loudcloud.com [208.50.142.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9C637B43F for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 18:01:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from seanp@loudcloud.com) Received: from loudcloud.com (grover.geek.loudcloud.com [192.168.0.253]) by listproc.corp.loudcloud.com (8.11.3/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f4311fj12535; Wed, 2 May 2001 18:01:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3AF0B08B.CC40CBB8@loudcloud.com> Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:12:43 -0700 From: Sean Peck X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sohail malik , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help please References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Install the CDROM into the drive. Set the BIOS to BOOT FROM CDROM FIRST... Restart the machine... you will then be given a nice menu driven installation. As a reference the "COMPLETE FREEBSD" book available both online at freebsd.org if I am not mistake and in book stores/amazon explain the entire installation in very good detail and it is a great reference to have for FreeBSD administration in general. Sean sohail malik wrote: > hello sir, > i am new in linux/unix. i have purchased a FreeBSD CD (4), named > FreeBSD 3.2 32-bit Operating System A Full 4.4 BSD Lite Based of June, 1999. > Walnut Creek CDROM. i am very new in this field. i tried to install freebsd > in my new pc PII 400MHz, but i couldnt install it. its very difficult for me > to install. my friend told me about your site http://www.freebsd.com and he > gave me your email address also. > my pc has following things: > 1- Processor = Pentium 400MHz > 2- Motherboard = 1st Motherboard > 3- Ram = 160MB Simm > 4- Sound = Creative Sound Blaster > 5- VGA = S3 > 6- CDROM = 52X CTX > 7- Floppy = 3-1/2 > 8- Modem = 56k External USRobotics Modem > > sir i would like to know step by step install of FreeBSD. can you post > me the steps how can i install FreeBSD in my system and how can i use > Internet on it. i will be really very thankful to you for your help. > thanks again. > > Prayers > Yours truly, > Shah > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Garbage Collection... the bell bottoms of programming.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message