From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 15:12:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFDA216A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:12:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E764143D46 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:12:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alfredoj69@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j1so310878rnf for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:12:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RlqsGvMtZyu3zxdmuSkUUlTTmg0nvjm1nI0qLt79uCuuo/+ftyVAqKf4td3DhOIAZkeDM735dSvA1dFWpBXN0tbWiT0NK7uNUojmVoLdeMwg+hw68M+/i1HXYvXpitxXaLw7HOSK7ETuplORGAxBSB28j5vaHA5Qrvn0emPQ3s8= Received: by 10.38.164.63 with SMTP id m63mr38322rne; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:12:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.100? ([70.24.135.21]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTP id 70sm142560rnc.2005.01.28.07.12.19; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:12:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <41FA5652.1060500@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:12:18 -0500 From: Aperez User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org References: <8e97bec7.c591c815.81b3300@ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net> In-Reply-To: <8e97bec7.c591c815.81b3300@ms07.mrf.mail.rcn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Where can I find more information X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: alfredoj69@gmail.com List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:12:25 -0000 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" > > >