From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 7 7:32:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from prserv.net (out5.prserv.net [32.97.166.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAAE637B503 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2000 07:32:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hydrogen.vehrs.org ([32.101.252.163]) by prserv.net (out5) with ESMTP id <2000100714324320504hf0m2e>; Sat, 7 Oct 2000 14:32:43 +0000 Received: (from jwvehrs@localhost) by hydrogen.vehrs.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e97EV2142150; Sat, 7 Oct 2000 09:31:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jwvehrs) Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 09:30:32 -0500 From: Jeffrey Vehrs To: Jan Erik Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20001007093032.B42121@hydrogen.vehrs.org> References: <39DEFA1E.7010603@online.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <39DEFA1E.7010603@online.no>; from eramunds@online.no on Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:25:34PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Maybe you should stick with Win98 since you like GUI installation so much. There's one thing that bothers me though. Why you have no luck with installing FreeBSD is beyond me. Try to find your friend who uses FreeBSD to help you if you can. It's fairly easy to install. -- jwv On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:25:34PM +0200, Jan Erik wrote: > Hi > I have over the past several years stacked up with nearly all of freebsd > releases in hope that one day will come that I could install this beast > without any errors. No luck yet. Somehow it's not possible to install > it. I have read the instructions carefully, but without any luck. > > This freebsd installer could - in my opinion - be very much easier. Like > what happens in the linux community right now. Just pop the cd right in > and boot up with an graphic installer right from the start. Tell me why > FreeBSD still uses an unfriendly installer? Linux is so easy to install > that Microsoft are planning to port their Office to Linux ( Microsoft > Linux that is - non free version-of course. ) > > I'm sure that many moore people are just waiting for an friendlier > version of Freebsd. I know I do. > > Regards > > Jan Erik Amundsen > > Norway > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message