From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 28 23:08:11 2009 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 79DBF106566B for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1172B8FC15 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n9SN7dSa050128; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:08:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:08:02 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20091028230801.GC68365@thought.org> References: <20091028214842.GA68070@thought.org> <20091028230237.6bc97ffd.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091028230237.6bc97ffd.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: breakthru, maybe.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:11 -0000 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:02:37PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:48:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > this dell was running losedows, vista, so i assume it has some > > kind of sound card. > > That's an interesting conditional implication thought. :-) > > > > it has "256MN ATI X1300 PRo" video. is this enough to power > > my new [year-old] 20.1" widescreen display? > > Depends on your display's dpi, but should be okay. > > > > > so: what is the URL to download the 8.0-PRE freebsd....? > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ > wait, i thought the duo core is 64bits. still 32? > > > > true, i haven't had to install freebsd by-hand from CDROMs for > > years, but if remory servs, more than one CD is required. > > No. You can start the installation from the first CD which > gives you basically the OS and some packages (e. g. Linux ABI). > Everything else can be installed via ports / packages, this > means via Internet. > > You can even use the boot only CD to start the installation, > or the live FS. > > > > > i DO have blank DVD-RW discs ... if we've got a DVD distro > > somewhere. > > There is a DVD available. > > > > > thanks in advance, gents, > > Good luck! > > > > > PS: the "breakthru" is that i'll be doing everything with my > > one hand/arm. > > Manual operations. :-) > LOLOLOL. indeed, indeed.... thanks, Polyt. later on, gary > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php