Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:39:08 +1000 From: "Young" <young@richardson.apana.org.au> To: <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Where to get assistance ?? Message-ID: <004901beefd9$24cb5680$857e03cb@jdy>
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I found a way to work with DOS floppies without all the hocus pocus ... there's a utility I didn't realize was on the CD called "mtools" ..... it appears to get around most of the need for that "mount" insanity .... and also found what looks like a good newbie level PPP config script at ftp://flag.blackened.net/pub/freebsd/ppp_script.sh I've been told many times by experienced users that *nix has a steep learning curve, however I intend to make it a lot less steep as soon as I get on top of this stuff by writing some newbie docs at a much lower level than anything presently available. Whilst I have no doubt that most writers mean well and do the best they can to present what are quite difficult concepts , there are many matters which I feel are not explained sufficiently in the docs I've used to date, and the omission of even the most trivial item can mean hours, days, and even weeks of extreme frustration for newbies. The MAN's & HOWTO's might be relevant to experienced users for reference, but they are almost totally useless as an elementary learning resource. BSD stuff generally is streets ahead of the linux equivalents, but thats nothing to write home about as linux MAN's & HOWTO's are among the most unintelligible manuals on the planet to most newbies. . > I'd kill for some simple "step by step" instructions on getting this stuff > sorted out ..... I've never in over four years experienced anything so > frustrating Unix is a step learning curve. Be patient. And there are several step by step guides. I gave you the URL to my page at http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/ppp.htm and from there there are links to other pages. And try the handbook at www.freebsd.org Failing that, come back to the mailing list. -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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