From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 3 13:33: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from jhs.muc.de (jhs.muc.de [193.149.49.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFDE37B403 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:32:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhs@jhs.muc.de) Received: from park.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jhs.muc.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f63CUx528106; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:30:59 GMT (envelope-from jhs@park.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200107031230.f63CUx528106@jhs.muc.de> To: "Zac M. Speidel" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0-release installation problems In-Reply-To: Message from "Zac M. Speidel" of "Mon, 02 Jul 2001 09:00:43 PDT." <20010702160043.82770.qmail@web13007.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 14:30:59 +0200 From: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Zac M. Speidel" wrote: > A few days ago I got my Dell 8100 (1.5 ghz and 128 Mb > of ram) in the mail. Naturally I desided to install > Freebsd 4.0 on it along with preinstalled WindowsME. Did your PC vendor bundle a 4.0 CD with the hardware ? Why else so old ?! 4.0 is old & being first in series, intrinsicly more problematic & `first cut/rough cut' than a .1 or .2 etc. You won't so easily interest people in helping you with this or subsequent 4.0 based problems. Reccomendation: Buy 4.3 from EG http://www.freebsdmall.com or download the install CD free from ftp.freebsd.org or at least borrow a 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3 CD from someone. Julian J.Stacey Munich Unix (FreeBSD, Linux etc) Consultant http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ Ihr Rauchen => mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message