From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 10:12:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75B3C16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:12:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtfm.spawar.navy.mil (rtfm.spawar.navy.mil [198.253.71.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 403F643D39 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:12:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lee@slaughters.com) Received: from slaughters.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtfm.spawar.navy.mil (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2QIAmOO014376; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:10:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lee@slaughters.com) Message-ID: <40647228.3070507@slaughters.com> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:10:48 -0800 From: lee slaughter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030524 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." References: <4063B6AA.8070702@slaughters.com> <4063B9AD.9030702@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4063B9AD.9030702@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: 4.9 minimal install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: lee@slaughters.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:12:38 -0000 Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > lee slaughter wrote: > >> from mini cd, just for educational purposes. >> this is known as the base distribution, right? >> only 123MB. what does one do next? /usr/ports isn't even there. >> there is no discussion in handbook. >> thanks. > > > > This has been discussed rather extensively, > on this list, over the past few days. well, my recollection is that there are always many discussions on installation. there was recently a large thread on exactly what is ON the mini CD, but there are so many permutations on installation..... anyway, Troy Settle gave me what I wanted, which i posted to group also. maybe some other poor newcomer will be helped. rant on.................. i'm not stupid but i've been trying to get a handle on both the general installation philosophy AND the confiration management (for FBSD) since January sometime. it is very difficult. rant off..................... > > > What do you *want* to do? What is your > purpose for this box? a. to be a repository for my work stuff (java development, notes, ...) b. to learn c. mail, etc. usual stuff d. not a server > > > I'm up for a while, thanks Kevin. > > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >