Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:34:08 -0400 From: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> To: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mark suggests: Put /floppies/MAKE1440.BAT on CD #1 Message-ID: <3CC19880.3BF5BE96@earthlink.net> References: <200204200805.g3K857h10912@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
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Hi Toomas! Toomas Aas wrote: > > Hi Mark! > > > Why make making boot floppies so hard for newbies when it can be > > semi-automated? > > > > MAKE1440.BAT contents: > > I don't say anything about you personally, but IMHO people who find > it difficult to run some simple DOS commands should think twice about > installing FreeBSD. Double-clicking this and that won't get you too > far once you have the thing installed, anyway. I basically agree with you, but why make things harder than they need to be? Is UNIX *supposed to be* a gauntlet that someone has to run? There is *easy* and there is *friendly*. The people here are friendly. UNIX will not be easy. But can't it at least be friendly? My Opinion -- a newbie's opinion. Ciao -- Mark -- See my resume: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/resume/ See my music trade pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/music/ Last updated: 14 April 2002 Q: Is UNIX the spawn of Satan? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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