From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 15 23:23:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA07305 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:23:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-ofc03.srv.cis.pitt.edu (root@post-ofc03.srv.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.39]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA07293 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:23:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from local (root@localhost) by post-ofc03.srv.cis.pitt.edu (8.8.4/cispo-2.0.1.7) ID ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:23:36 -0500 (EST) Received: via switchmail; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:23:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:22:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from ehdup-i-14.rmt.net.pitt.edu (ehdup-i-14.rmt.net.pitt.edu [136.142.21.184]) by pop.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.8.4/cispop-1.6.1.4) ID ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:22:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by ehdup-i-14.rmt.net.pitt.edu with Microsoft Mail id <01BC0353.F13FF240@ehdup-i-14.rmt.net.pitt.edu>; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:21:12 -0500 Message-ID: <01BC0353.F13FF240@ehdup-i-14.rmt.net.pitt.edu> From: John Duncan To: "aboussj@compusmart.ab.ca" Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: NOAH ABOUSSAFY: CRA(IBM)/486/50Mhz HELP!!!!!! Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 02:04:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > how do i do this and by the way i am only 14 Ageism is alive and well on the Internet; It's in your own best interest to keep this safe. I don't know how old you are :) I agree... Noone knows that I am eighteen. > and dont want any technical FTP mumbo jumbo just simple plaing > instructions FreeBSD is a technical system. If you can't handle FTP, then you shouldn't try FreeBSD. If you would like a UN*X-like system that will probably suit your needs, and you don't want to deal with technical introductions, I can reccommend a couple of packages. $99. "Coherent". Good training system, not extremely powerful, relatively easy installation process. Free. Linux via FTP. Relatively easy-to-use, well-supported. The installation process is simplified due to a larger base of installed linux users with nothing to do. $20-100. Linux via CD-ROM. See above. There are several varieties, one of the cheapest being WC-Linux from Walnut Creek. http://www.cdrom.com There are other free varieties, like slackware unix, from sunsite.UNC.EDU. I think that the commercial, and more expensive varieties are easier to deal with. Try Red Hat linux at www.redhat.com (I think) or, if you enjoy bashing your head against the wall: Free. NetBSD via FTP. http://www.netbsd.org. Much harder to install and less powerful than freebsd, doesn't help you much, but you learn a lot. Expensive. BSD/Interactive. I don't know how hard the professionial package is to install. ... Installing anything when you have Win95 installed required defragmenting the drive and then running either FIPS (free) or PartitionMagic (pay) to create a new partition. This implies that you like installing software, or you have the capability to backup your disk. You cannot run FreeBSD easily or well off of a dos partition, because the system favors the unix file system types, such as ffs. With a bit of luck, like I had, though I don't care about my data right now, you can split partitions keep the data. Otherwise, if you're worried about mom asking where her resume went, I'd say you should look into backing up before you make any move whatsoever. -John