Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:58:13 -0700 From: rootman <rootman@xmission.com> To: Jim Allen <jallen@aviating.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello from russia! Message-ID: <01021010315500.00248@blackmirror.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <3A856C5F.D56B06D9@aviating.com> References: <20010209171114.A1291@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> <20010210190719.H19976@welearn.com.au> <3A856C5F.D56B06D9@aviating.com>
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On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Jim Allen wrote: > As one of the newest newbies, I appreciate all this clarification. My > impression from reading the FreeBSD site stuff was they had created the > newbie list to take all the questions that newbies have that get asked > over and over and over and over again, kind of like a pre-school, from > which one eventually graduated to the "Big Stuff[tm]" where one could > get answer to big questions. Right, I think this is the perception of a lot people who are new to FreeBSD and this list. > > I have the Complete FreeBSD 3rd Edition and the CD-ROMS, and now, with > many mis-steps, have managed to get the operating system booting on an > older machine to the ? prompt. Does anybody have any suggestions about > the issues I should take up first as I try to learn about this. I have > no background in Unix whatsoever. I am starting from ground zero and > frankly, very little of what I have read makes much sense yet. I have > fiddled with microprocessors since the 6502 and 8008. All I have at > present is FreeBSD operating on a machine, the manual, and an intense > desire to "Say Goodbye to Bill". > You sound like you're well on your way already. The Complete FreeBSD is a helpful and very good source of information. You should also consult The FreeBSD Handbook that can be found online: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html ..and can also be downloaded in a variety of formats: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/handbook/ There are tons of FreeBSD help sites out there: http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.html http://www.freebsd.org/support.html http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ http://www.bsdvault.net/ http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ http://defcon1.org/ http://gargoyle.apana.org.au/~dougy/FreeBSD_Tutorial/ http://www.freebsddiary.org/ The sites above are just the one's I can remember right now but I know there are many more. In your future journeys, if you've consulted the resources above and still come up empty, I would recommend that you search the FreeBSD-Questions mailing list archive here: http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists ..and if you don't find anything, send a polite email to FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org and ask for some help. Be as specific as you can, include as much information about the problem as possible and someone will help you. I hope this helps and bid you good luck and welcome! 8^) Regards Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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