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Date:      Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:15:01 +0100
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To:        Lute Mullenix <lute@willinet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Just getting started
Message-ID:  <20010327161500.A41687@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010318195504.C1601@willinet.net>; from lute@willinet.net on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:55:04PM -0600
References:  <20010318195504.C1601@willinet.net>

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On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:55:04PM -0600, Lute Mullenix wrote:
> I do have a couple of questions to start off with though. First on boot u=
p I
> get a message about boot sector write, possible virus. This being a fresh
> install off the CD I figure there isn't a virus, so I just tell it to
> continue. How can I make it stop giving me this warning?=20

Almost certainly a setting in your PCs BIOS.  You'll need to check
there.

> Second, the install
> hangs for a long time when it gets to the part of:
> starting standard daemons: inetd cron sendmail
>=20
> Is that normal?

It's a DNS timeout.  Searching the mailing list archives for "DNS
sendmail timeout" should turn up the information you need.

> After checking out the web site a few times, I don't see any reason why
> FreeBSD can't be used as my only OS, it seems to have all the ports that =
are
> needed to have a completely functioning system, and that is what I hope to
> accomplish. I do have one hang-up though, it must be all native FreeBSD c=
ode
> apps. No Linux binarys. Don't foresee a problem there though since in goi=
ng
> through the web site, it seems my most used stuff has been ported, the
> exception being Netscape. Don't really like Mozilla at this point, but may
> have to learn to live with it.

There's a BSD/OS version of Netscape which also runs on FreeBSD.

N
--=20
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve             http://www.freebsd.org/
FreeBSD Documentation Project           http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/

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