Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:12:18 -0500 From: Aperez <alfredoj69@gmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where can I find more information Message-ID: <41FA5652.1060500@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8e97bec7.c591c815.81b3300@ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net> References: <8e97bec7.c591c815.81b3300@ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net>
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I will really recommend you the following web sites: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 http://bsdforums.org/forums/index.php?s=cbb21bf54cf6ef4cc206f4660a2674a6 and I think the handbook is the best source. Read it slowly and practice with your PC. Good luck crzdgns1@starpower.net wrote: >Hello, > >My name is Mark. I recently banished windows and >windows-based programs from my (ancient) computer because it >is too slow to handle windows XP and all of the attendant >programs required to keep it virus and ad-free. I have >installed FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE on my computer (Intel Pentium >II Celeron, 330 MHz, ~500 Mb Ram, Western Digital Hard Disk >(40 Gb, Master), Western Digital Hard Disk (6 Gb, Slave), >floppy disk (1.44 Mb), IOMega ZIP-Drive (100Mb, IDE), Hitachi >CD/DVD-ROM, Memorex CD-RW, Diamond Multimedia Viper v550 >video card, and a few other ancient goodies). I am having >great difficulty mounting and unmounting floppies, zips, and >CDs from my system. I have done my best to follow the >recommendations in The Handbook, The FreeBSD FAQ, and the >documentation that came bundled with FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE, all >to no avail. I have also searched the archives that I could >find using the queries "mount" and "unmount", but didn't find >anything that seemed to fit. I have no trouble mounting and >unmounting CDs if I use the device manager in KDE, but have >had no luck trying to do the same from the command line. Can >someone out there recommend additional, better, or >easier-to-understand sources of information for someone who >is essentially a complete beginner in UNIX and FreeBSD? >Alternatively, if I were to post a technical question to a >mailing list, which mailing list would be appropriate? > >Thanks > >Mark > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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