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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes:

>  >Where is a good place to start?
>  
>  5.2-RELEASE. Grab the floppies from ftp.freebsd.org
>  and install over the 'Net.

	If this is your first installation, go with 4.9.  5.x is still
rated "early adopter"; while nothing's exactly broken, there are
more likely to be surprises lurking in wait for the inexperienced.


				Robert Huff