From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Aug 10 7: 4:46 2002 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 206FE37B413 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 07:04:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B203843E6A for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 07:04:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from r.query@comcast.net) Received: from duron (bgp01544171bgs.gambrl01.md.comcast.net [68.50.111.124]) by mtaout01.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0M00GE7SDGR8@mtaout01.icomcast.net> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:03:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:03:35 -0400 From: "r.query" Subject: To: "freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org" Reply-To: "r.query" Message-id: <0H0M00GE8SDGR8@mtaout01.icomcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Standard (2.20.2502) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195) 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 I must say I am always stuck by the ridiculous difficulty I have in installing FreeBSD, which I guess I have done now perhaps 15 times. From the awful probing routine that takes 15 minutes to complete and which restarts when any problem (such as a bad DNS address) is encountered during the install to the erroneous server addresses that have been listed at the FreeBSD website for a number of months now, what should be a 1 or 2 hour install inevitably takes a minimum of a day. For me it typically takes more than a day because I have to quit in frustration after a few hours to avoid pitching my computer out the window. It would be one thing if these kinds of problems were new, but they seem to be ongoing, perhaps even treasured, aspects of the installation routine. Well, I've had my say for the moment...I will go back and try again later....grumble, mumble. mquery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message