Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:06:06 -0600 From: "charles pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> Cc: <Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD (was: no subject) Message-ID: <000c01c2ec3a$894d2d70$05040101@socrates> In-Reply-To: <3E751D37.70403@potentialtech.com>
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really you oughtta read the handbook or the newbies section on freebsd.org. how new are you to unix or bsd? Charles Pelletier Tech Coordinator St Luke's School Irving, TX -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bill Moran Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 6:56 PM To: KAROLYN LEWIS Cc: Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD (was: no subject) [You're more likely to get answers if you use a subject line] KAROLYN LEWIS wrote: > MY question is: Can you give me a step by step instruction on how to > download the unix program to my "d" drive. I am running W'ME on a Pentinum > III, 500MHz system. I have two hdd.the second one being my 'd' drive which > is a scsi and very bare. I have printed out your instructions but I am > stuck on the "arch and version". Where do I obtain this information. Any > an all help you can provide will be most appreciated. Thanks much in > advance!! First off, you appear to be fairly new to FreeBSD. FreeBSD is not a "unix program" per-se. Think of it more as an alternative to Windows ME and you've got the right idea. Thus, you could theoretically replace Windows ME with FreeBSD. Being as you're new, I wouldn't recommend that you do that just yet. First, install both Windows & FreeBSD so they can coexist. You can run either of them, just not both at the same time. Is this the section that you had read?: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html If not, read it very carefully. The whole thing. Pay special attention to the section that says "back up your data" because it's very easy to destroy your Windows installation if you've never done this before. If you get stuck, please give a more detailed explanation of where you're stuck. I could not figure out where the "arch and version" section is that you're talking about. Also: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org is a mailing list that thousands of people are involved in. When you reply to this message, use the "reply all" button on your mail program, and you'll reply both to the list as well as to me. That way someone else can answer your question if I'm not available. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com 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
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