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From: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com>
To: Roy Oestensen <royoest@alfanett.no>,
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Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD.org for the first time
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:53:36 +0000
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On Sunday 30 December 2001 3:18 pm, Roy Oestensen wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I regretably do not have access to any news server from home. My
> ISP did have an agreement in the past, but this has apparently been
> cancelled. So if you have any suggestion of how to access one
> through the web, I would appreciate it.

Check out either:

http://groups.google.com (Web Interface)
http://www.dfn.de (Free registration required)

> I have read through the installation documentation online, but
> still have a few concerns, as I am quite new to FreeBSD. I have
> only tried Windows and Linux. I understand that FreeBSD should be
> installed on a primary partition. Now DOS is not fond of having
> more than one active primary partition, so I am a little concerned
> how to go around the installation so as not to upset the rest of my
> setup.

I've never dual booted so I'm useless for the next part.

<snip/>

-- 
Dominic

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