Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:46:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Sandip Srivastava <ssriva1@umbc.edu> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317214600.454G@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.91.960317234920.3057A-100000@alumni.umbc.edu>
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On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Sandip Srivastava wrote: > I came to a point in the installation process where I chose the following > option: > > Making a link tree from /cdrom/ports to /usr/ports. > > The documentation said that this process could take anywhere from 15-20 > minutes, depending on the speed of the cd-rom drive. It was 50 minutes > into this process and it still was not complete. It seemed as if it > became hung at this point. I had to reboot the computer to get out of it. :-/ that's a pretty extensive tree to lndir, I would have let it run a bit longer. (Did the machine actually stop working?) > Another question I have is about the mouse. I have a Logitech two button > mouse with a round circular plug that connects to the back of the > computer. Is this a bus mouse or a PS/2 mouse? Well, it's both :-) Those are synonyms. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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