From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 16:52:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFEB716A4CE for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 16:52:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (cromagnon.cullmail.com [67.33.58.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BADB43D54 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 16:52:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (localhost.cullmail.com [127.0.0.1]) i34NtKub092010; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:55:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by cromagnon.cullmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i34NtHAc091786; Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:55:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamoore) From: Jay Moore To: Steven Soria , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:55:12 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20040404191243.31686.qmail@web61110.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040404191243.31686.qmail@web61110.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200404041855.13955.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> Subject: Re: I need help with Xfree86 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 23:52:12 -0000 On Sunday 04 April 2004 02:12 pm, Steven Soria wrote: > Hi > I installed FreeBSD and everything works fine but now I need to install > Xfree86. Is that the only thing I need to install to be able to get into > FreeBSD? Please help me out by telling me how to get Xfree86 and where to > install it to so I can get it when Im trying to install it. I have FreeBSD > on another partition but now when I go into My Computer, it doesnt show the > partition with FreeBSD on it. How will I do it then? I have the I386 > platform. PLEASE HELP ME OUT! This is a recommendation only, but here's what I think you should do: Get on eBay, and buy yourself a used PC, 500 MHz - 1 GHz, 128 MB RAM, a 40 GB HDD, an Ethernet card and a cd-rom drive. Spend maybe $150. While you're online, order a copy of the FreeBSD 5.2 (or 4.9) CD set. Spend another $40. Once you get your PC and CD set, install FreeBSD - it's pretty simple, even if you don't know shit from butterbeans. This may cost a bit more, but avoids the risk of breaking your trusty Windows box, while giving you an opportunity to experiment & make mistakes while you learn FreeBSD/Unix. And you will learn... -- Jay