From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 25 09:32:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA12813 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nis1.ncn.net (root@nis1.ncn.net [199.120.120.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA12804 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 09:32:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from b1@ncn.net) Received: from generic (algona55.algona.ncn.net [206.72.33.55]) by nis1.ncn.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA18761 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 11:32:08 -0500 From: "Gerald Beisch" To: Subject: Freebsd Installation Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 11:33:12 -0600 Message-ID: <01bd7070$388f37c0$372148ce@generic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD703D.EDF4C7C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD703D.EDF4C7C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I currently am a user of Windows95 and am looking for something better. Trying to install this OS is very difficult without having either some = prior=20 of BSD or Unix. While install directions may seem pretty simple I = believe they are hard to follow. I have downloaded all bin, doc, man, and src files to = hard and=20 floppy disks. The problem comes in while trying to reboot with a valid = kernel, I have read and reread all pertinent info with little added = help. Are there any books that=20 show exactly when and where and how to make all necessary inputs to get = the system up and running or other sources short of buying a cdrom. = Gerald Beisch b1@ncn.net ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD703D.EDF4C7C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I currently am a user of Windows95 = and am=20 looking for something better.

Trying to install this OS is very = difficult=20 without having either some prior

of BSD or Unix. While install = directions may=20 seem pretty simple I believe they are

hard to follow. I have = downloaded all bin,=20 doc, man, and src files to hard and

floppy disks. The problem comes in = while trying=20 to reboot with a valid kernel, I have read and reread all pertinent info = with=20 little added help. Are there any books that

show exactly when and where and how = to make all=20 necessary inputs to get the system up and running or other sources short = of=20 buying a cdrom. Gerald Beisch b1@ncn.net

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