Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:01:57 +0200 From: Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Patrick Klee <misterp@sbcglobal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to BSD. Need help with install. Message-ID: <362184601.20020929110157@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <0D238431-D367-11D6-A880-003065440C60@sbcglobal.net> References: <0D238431-D367-11D6-A880-003065440C60@sbcglobal.net>
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Sunday, September 29, 2002, 6:51:00 AM, you wrote: Dear Patrick, PK> On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 11:49 PM, Patrick Klee wrote: >> Hi, >> I have been lurking on this list for quite some time. >> I have been a happy Linux user since Red Hat 4.2, however a lot of >> people have convinced me to switch. As of right now, I am on my iMac >> sending email, while I am installing FreeBSD 4.7 RC2. RC stands for Release Candidate. There can be some problems with it since its not jet approved. Something like 5 RC can come across before a final release. The latest release is 4.6.2. >> I have red the manual, but I have had problems installing 5.0 5.0 is still alpha (or beta) software. >> snapshots. Something with the INDEX file missing so I had to try and >> reinstall again. >> Can someone give some pointers on making this run as smooth and >> painless as possible? :-) >> One more thing. A friend of mine got his GeForce4 Ti 4600 to work >> before the NVIdia drivers came out. I have a 4200, and so not only am >> I scared about the install, but I don't want to have to compile and >> tweak everything like Debian or Red Hat and it still doesn't work. FreeBSD comes right off the shell for most cases. Editing the kernel file and compile everything gives you a smaller kernel and more specific code for your processor, but isn't necessary. >> >> >> ALL pointers appriciated. Please be gentle, I have NEVER touched BSD. >> :-) >> I guess my footnote would be right for you. -- Best regards, Alex The FreeBSD handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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