Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:34:17 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "rootman" <rootman@xmission.com>, "Jim Allen" <jallen@aviating.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <00f701c09416$321fa560$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <20010209171114.A1291@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> <20010210190719.H19976@welearn.com.au> <3A856C5F.D56B06D9@aviating.com> <01021010315500.00248@blackmirror.xmission.com>
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Actually mine has been migrated from gargoyle to troll :) new URL is http://troll.apana.org.au/~freebsd/ Just in case anyone is interested, the name "troll" was given to that particular machine well before my time on the management committee. The Brisbane Regional Committee of Apana runs three FreeBSD servers, (gargoyle / goblin / troll) & the names obviously mean something other than "troublemaker" ----- Original Message ----- From: "rootman" <rootman@xmission.com> To: "Jim Allen" <jallen@aviating.com>; <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 2:58 AM Subject: Re: Hello from russia! > On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Jim Allen wrote: > > As one of the newest newbies, I appreciate all this clarification. My > > impression from reading the FreeBSD site stuff was they had created the > > newbie list to take all the questions that newbies have that get asked > > over and over and over and over again, kind of like a pre-school, from > > which one eventually graduated to the "Big Stuff[tm]" where one could > > get answer to big questions. > > Right, I think this is the perception of a lot people who are new > to FreeBSD and this list. > > > > I have the Complete FreeBSD 3rd Edition and the CD-ROMS, and now, with > > many mis-steps, have managed to get the operating system booting on an > > older machine to the ? prompt. Does anybody have any suggestions about > > the issues I should take up first as I try to learn about this. I have > > no background in Unix whatsoever. I am starting from ground zero and > > frankly, very little of what I have read makes much sense yet. I have > > fiddled with microprocessors since the 6502 and 8008. All I have at > > present is FreeBSD operating on a machine, the manual, and an intense > > desire to "Say Goodbye to Bill". > > > > You sound like you're well on your way already. The Complete FreeBSD > is a helpful and very good source of information. You should also > consult The FreeBSD Handbook that can be found online: > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html > > ..and can also be downloaded in a variety of formats: > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook/ > > There are tons of FreeBSD help sites out there: > > http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ > > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.html > > http://www.freebsd.org/support.html > > http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ > > http://www.bsdvault.net/ > > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ > > http://defcon1.org/ > > http://gargoyle.apana.org.au/~dougy/FreeBSD_Tutorial/ > > http://www.freebsddiary.org/ > > The sites above are just the one's I can remember right > now but I know there are many more. > > In your future journeys, if you've consulted the resources > above and still come up empty, I would recommend that you > search the FreeBSD-Questions mailing list archive here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists > > .and if you don't find anything, send a polite email to > FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org and ask for some > help. Be as specific as you can, include as much > information about the problem as possible and someone > will help you. > > I hope this helps and bid you good luck and welcome! 8^) > > Regards > > Joe > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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