From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Feb 10 6: 4:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6792537B402 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 06:04:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from SAGEONE (adsl-64-219-30-160.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.30.160]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA09558; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:04:47 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020210080444.0195ca18@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:04:44 -0600 To: "Shawn Halloran" , "freebsd-newbie" From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: Re: Aarghh !! In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you follow the handbook install instructions exactly & carefully, it works.... obviously you are overlooking some steps. It's not the OS..... At 02:53 AM 2.10.2002 -0800, Shawn Halloran wrote: >>>> I guess, since I can't ask questions hear (pun), I can simply state that I am beginning to feel extreme discouragement. I keep hearing how wonderful this system is, but the most Ive been abel to do is generate a list of the /usr directory. My mouse won't configure, X won't configure, Heck! I can't even figure out how to load a simple word processor. Uuumph! I've spent hours reading. I've spent hours on the net. I've loaded this OS several times (which has been a learning experinece - I can now create partitions in my slice). So far, the best I can achieve is a barren screen similar to the ominous cursor that greeted my when I first loaded DOS 5.0. I certainly hope that all this effort is going to be fruitful - I can think of several people that would tell me I'm absolutely insane for trying to learn this OS. Shawn ---------- Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <<'http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com <<<<<<<< Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin =================================================== Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" =================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message