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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 up 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? 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 > > 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 code > apps. No Linux binarys. Don't foresee a problem there though since in going > 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 -- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjrArnQACgkQk6gHZCw343WdGgCgkq0dmEnTgmbcOlWmSErccznK onUAni9waJ4VNpuworTbw4Jl4DAZfL0u =pKsy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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