From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 6 10:43:31 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA14071 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Mar 1995 10:43:31 -0800 Received: from lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (lupine.nsi.nasa.gov [198.116.2.100]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA14064 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 1995 10:43:29 -0800 Received: (from mnewell@localhost) by lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA08297; Mon, 6 Mar 1995 13:41:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 13:41:56 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael C. Newell" To: mikepery@mcs.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mail failed, returning to sender In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 6 Mar 1995 MAILER-DAEMON@mcs.com wrote: > I am so pleased with the easy-to-find info on how to install FreeBSD. > "EASY for experts and novices alike" It was very inclusive and detailed. > The step-by-step instalation features were the best I've ever seen. I am so > pleased. I read the doc on how to install it and BAM I was up and running. I agree; the documentation that comes with V2.0 is extremely thorough and complete. The installation program also makes things much nicer. My congratulations to the distribution team! > By now you should have figured out that this is blatent sarcasm. I > looked for three days for the install documentations and found NONE. I have > read 10 pages of SHIT and still don't have a single command on how to set > up FreeBSD on ANY SYSTEM!!!! This is the worst case I have seen so far. > All of the files to install are scattered through the FTP site and there > is no DOC on how to collect them and which ones were manditory. I tried your > WWW sites, your info@freebsd.org service, your FTP docs, your FAQs, your > manual pages, etc. It seems to be a national secret or something. Hmmmm.... Funny, I used the file called "INSTALL" in the main directory on the distribution. It seemed pretty clear to me; perhaps it wasn't abuseive or sarcastic enough for you to understand it. Tell you what - get a copy of INSTALL. Follow the instructions contained therein. See if that works for you; it does for many others... :{) > Please send me the top-secret info on how to install FreeBSD 2.0. I can keep a > secret. It's part of your distribution. Look for the file called "INSTALL". I know it's a bizzarre name; maybe the developer's can rename it to something like "These.Are.The.Instructions.Read.This.Before.Spouting.Off". Just a suggestion. > That felt good. I agree. :{) :{) :{) Thanks, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+