From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 12:09:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064B11065670 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:09:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC6B08FC18 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:09:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so1889406qwc.13 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:09:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.127.66 with SMTP id f2mr4412549qas.28.1308658177751; Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g11sm715911qcm.27.2011.06.21.05.09.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:09:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3Qz7CM3N2wz2CG44 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:09:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:09:34 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110621080934.7980c7cc@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4E008592.9060504@a1poweruser.com> References: <8CDFDDCABD551A8-1A88-7D41A@webmail-m169.sysops.aol.com> <4E008592.9060504@a1poweruser.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Point me to resource or user info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:09:39 -0000 On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:50:42 -0400 Fbsd8 articulated: > > On 21 June 2011 04:44, Allen wrote: > > Been on Linux maybe 10-12 distributions for 10 years, am 80 and > > always been curious about BSD so finally getting around to it. > > Presently sadly my new Toshiba L675D seems to have some Linux > > incompatibilities so I have win 7 with Ubuntu 10.04.2 wubi. I do > > have a huge data partition that could be resized and wondering if > > some kind soul would offer options based on my present > > configuration. I do have wireless network. Thank you > > Best place for you to start is by reading the Freebsd Handbook > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ > and the Freebsd installer guide > http://www.a1poweruser.com/ > > Its easy to clobber the PCs primary operating system so before > installing on your new Toshiba L675D be sure to create backups or > better yet swap the hard drive with a empty one to play on until you > have learned what your doing. This PC supports Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g/n); however, FreeBSD has extremely poor support for "N" class devices. You might find that to be a show stopper. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html