From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 22:31:37 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 B98F3106564A for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:31:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rockabyeinn@yahoo.com) Received: from nm6.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm6.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.76]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 933578FC15 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.62] by nm6.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Aug 2011 22:18:09 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.46] by tm2.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Aug 2011 22:18:09 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1046.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Aug 2011 22:18:09 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 922845.11671.bm@omp1046.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 77756 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Aug 2011 22:18:09 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1313705889; bh=0akfK2mh0AAf/vnFuJnN4CNa5u0J1IbVSiyBtE61oN8=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=pUtjBW7Wcs3tyyS9pvYIwhSWZbsVWeHOnL68GfBb5SzhV2KHwuJjGuARIskDe8hapCZfnTklL5XZBKrXz0vkCRrxr7bsphD1AFMyyn9ICr7RV3xTREwe/jWx0HqRyKcI86a+3QBryoKqCxSbvjOsuRu7L0QMsYgCUbzInqw7I+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HbjYjFXa8Osf9FYvCcm1qCSXQy6Tx3p8pfffUnrQ3avzK8320lljTc2hKRCyieQttWQXPa8HfQaG8XEdc4BnvX2WbzhFD4LjG+vBAvGP9aZ8M937p3XpNSUL7/siJ4GjVmFUZqxdubOKF7bkxfSp5fs3gg2JI8fWqc3D2S+nnK4=; X-YMail-OSG: 0411M3cVM1lYhPwcpvJOkXVVoeJlVgYJ55zUw41xC7YBqM. GKPqrTq4bfiWuWeoIqp23xEBSvCGrxOZWMXip2IBGRHPSihSESf5lYUocmgy iiDVoJBdTAiqEde7.p3LoWkqBZeBZJx609DNaKlaMElpDzHa60RjsMWf3N7R _aNLTzt4fpbt.ut6JWst0tWELC4MANU8SjzZVHn4gjCsabiGWi_YAs0iJ32h B9pG99Q2TLHXv1470R_88BcTSFjy9XcA.6.tPJSmS.P.hYApU9VjABim8Y.e Im.IeyndpSUu76KgpYCyge075U_UZcKYQdGLZel_oSWgZ_ggnIQVSV7e_Rrq ZkSgxOsWbBQwAxsJBjDfoW_QBGEk6rB.XQM9jFm1V.Tl.7qIIqDI_h3Kb6RF dHG4Fpy0funRuwBY6Tw-- Received: from [216.56.161.4] by web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.113.313619 Message-ID: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT) From: scott mcclellan To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:09:10 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: new to os X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: scott mcclellan List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:31:37 -0000 I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going = through a midlife crisis).=0A=A0=0ACurrently run Wimdows (point and click),= and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient pa= st for me 30 years - on a TRS-80). I know remember extremely little of OS v= ernacular.=0A=A0=0AAm I biting off more than I can chew, or is there a OS c= ommands for dummies out there, or does FreeBSD have such a critter that one= can go through.=0A=A0=0AI'll pour through the FAQ and got hrough the onlin= e manuals for now. But it all seems greek. Can someone point me in a diresc= tion to degreek this stuff for me.=0A=A0=0AThanks,=0A=A0=0AScott McClellan