From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Feb 13 15:59: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33C2C37B402 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:59:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from chip.wiegand.org [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net (SMTPD32-6.06) id ADBAF4400D2; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:58:50 -0800 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:58:28 +0000 From: Chip Wiegand To: Roman Neuhauser Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [free-bsd newbies]WHOO- HOO! Installed 4.3 on 1st try Message-Id: <20020213155828.0c3d87d2.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <20020213145939.GG19456@roman.mobil.cz> References: <20020213063120.2809c007.chip@wiegand.org> <20020213145939.GG19456@roman.mobil.cz> Organization: Alternative Operating Systems X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.0claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386--freebsd4.5) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:59:39 +0100 Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 07:57:20 +0000 > > "Seamus Roche" wrote: > > > I will definately have questions for this list as I move on. Esp > > > about X, installing Perl stuff and installing a modem so I can > > > dial up(the box can't use the WinModem). > > > > Use an external modem and you won't go wrong. > > Well, watch out for USB modems. There's been a thread in questions > about these just recently. Looks like most of them don't work with > FreeBSD. So you'll want *serial* modem, to be precise. Thanks for the clarification. I haven't been following the usb threads, I don't have any usb devices. -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message