Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 23:54:40 -0500 From: "David Shafer" <fromrochny@email.msn.com> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: My FreeBSD Experience Message-ID: <000501bead7d$34c38a60$565cfed0@default>
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Well, I gave it "the old college try." Didn't work. Followed all the instructions; downloaded the files in the /bin directory and copied them to floppies (shouldn't think I'd have to buy a CD from Walnut Grove or anyone else; FreeBSD is free, right? Or is it?). After partitioning my hard-drive and so on I got a cryptic error as soon as I tried to load the OS from the floppies. Message said something like "choose NO from the next panel." There was no next panel and from that point on the option to install from floppies (or anything else, for that matter) was never re-presented. After a few more attempts I quit. Huge waste of time. When FreeBSD is "ready for prime time" I'll try it again. In the meantime, I'll stick with Windows, warts and all. To paraphrase Charles Dickens, Mr. Bill Gates may be "a grasping, covetous old sinner" but his OS does install. David Shafer 4627 Kellykris Drive St. Charles, MO 63304 United States fromrochny@email.msn.com 314-936-0206 P.S. I'm a professional programmer and I've worked on HP-UX and Solaris systems so I really do have an inkling of what I'm doing. IMHP, FreeBSD just doesn't cut it right now. Publish this if you dare. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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