From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 9 15:57: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts1.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C3737B7FB for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 15:57:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from transmogrify@sympatico.ca) Received: from sympatico.ca ([207.236.126.121]) by tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with ESMTP id <20000409225653.VLXD21816.tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca>; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 18:56:53 -0400 Message-ID: <38F10A5A.7A2D70FB@sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 18:55:22 -0400 From: Paul Halliday X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Pinkham Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unix References: <385240411.955317512089.JavaMail.root@web37.pub01> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Andrew Pinkham wrote: > > I have one question > why the hell do you have to make it so hard to install unix from floopy > all of it makes absolutly no sense. > you don't even say which files you are suppose to copy to disk, and you > don't even say where to get them. If I am addressing the question that you were trying to pose correctly, then the answer would be this: There is simply no need to do an installation from floppy disks. If you have a network connection then you need only a base setup ie: boot floppies, then you may proceed with an enitre installation. If you do-not have a network connection there there is no real point in installing unix anyway. Unix is a networked OS. It is designed and maintained as a newtworked operating environment. It has and offers services that are designed to connect machines to one another. Possessing a unix machine without an internet/intranet connection is as exciting and useful as a moped. > ______________________________________________ > FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com > Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Paul H. ============================================================================ Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Email: dp@penix.org BIO: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org GPG Key fingerprint: 2D7C A7E2 DB1F EA5F 8C6F  D5EC 3D39 F274 4AA3 E8B9 Public Key available here: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org/dp.asc ============================================================================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message