From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 8 7:34:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freyr.cba.ualr.edu (freyr.cba.ualr.edu [144.167.120.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F6337B719 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:34:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu) Received: by freyr.cba.ualr.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 29DF4204; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:35:24 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:35:23 -0600 From: "Joseph E. Royce" To: Bill Atkins Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <20010308093523.A1965@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> References: <3AA72C68.DB664694@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3AA72C68.DB664694@home.com>; from wdatkins@home.com on Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:53:28PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:53:28PM -0800, Bill Atkins wrote: > Hi, it's Bill Atkins here and I would like to know which is going to be > the easiest way to install Free BSD. I have the 4 cd set of release > 2.2.7 and did have it installed on the old machine. The latest computer > now is an Asus A7V with a Duron @950,256 megs ram. Lpt1 has a scanner > and printer, lpt2 has a zip and printer. Com1 has an external 56k modem. > There is a microscope on one usb port and a usb to ethernet adapter (for > the cable modem) on another. There is also a Realtek ethernet adapter > for the home network. The video is an Asus V3800, 32 meg. The question, > will 2.2.7 work on the new machine? I can boot from the cd and have > removeable hard drives so it would be going on it's own 4.3 drive. Would > it be better to download the later version and install from floppies? > Thanks in advance for any help. Bill > Hi Bill, Yes, I would get the lastest version because there is support for the Promise ATA100 controller. Plus, 2.2.7 is an old release and there has been lots of improvements since. HTH, Joe Royce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message