From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 14 20:37:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA25022 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 May 1998 20:37:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fciencias.ens.uabc.mx ([148.231.177.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA24966 for ; Thu, 14 May 1998 20:36:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mbarbosa@fciencias.ens.uabc.mx) Received: (from mbarbosa@localhost) by fciencias.ens.uabc.mx (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA26862; Thu, 14 May 1998 20:38:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mbarbosa) From: "Marco A. Barbosa S." Message-Id: <199805150338.UAA26862@fciencias.ens.uabc.mx> Subject: re: the island of BSD :) In-Reply-To: <355BA9AD.579D0B5F@sullivanco.com> from plasma at "May 14, 98 10:34:21 pm" To: guest@bigmagic.com (plasma) Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 20:38:21 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I would like to start using FreeBSD, I want to rid myself of the Microsoft/Windows realm. I want to start using UNIX, I know some about it but not enough, I do NT admin and I think breath, eat and drink NT no time to learn something new, so I am putting off quitting smoking and am going to learn FreeBSD (from what I hear it is the OS of choice). > > So I have a T1 connection (generous friends at a cafe) they have an NT network. I want to leanr how to setup my own DNS, sendmail, have a HTTPD server and so on.. > > I guess my question is before I go an download it, is there anything I need to do, or be aware of, besides making sure my hardware is compatible with the kernel. It pretty over whelming for me being in a sea of unix and seeing the sunny island of FreeBSD off in the distance. Please turn me in the right direction, i.e. books, docs faqs anything.. > hmm... I think there is everything you need to know in the www.freebsd.org site, you can start by reading the texts there... handbook and stuff... and in the ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE there should be some *.TXT files... like... ABOUT and INSTALL... I think that is enough to point kinda in the way... if anyone knows anything else... hehehe.. help out... I dont know everything... just to send out a quick answer.. > thanks alot > > > ps would a older (post microchannel) PS2 with on board controller (name unknown) with a 486dx33 and 20megs of ram be sufficent for a nice box? I was using a 486dx66 amd, 16 megs to run freebsd.... kinda built by myself, so, I dont think you will have any problem running FreeBSD on that box... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ************************************* * Marco Antonio Barbosa Santoyo * * Facultad de Ciencias, U.A.B.C. * * Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico * ************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message