From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 00:15:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A5B16A417 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:15:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1247C13C49D for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:15:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9N0CoAG080586; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:12:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l9N0CnnE080585; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:12:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:12:49 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: "Donovan R. Palmer" Message-ID: <20071023001249.GA80547@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:15:48 -0000 On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:33:57PM +0100, Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of reasons > become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there any ex or > current Linux users here and could you tell me how hard it is to make the > shift from Linux? Is there anything in particular which has been written > which would be useful to read? There are lots of them. The best thing to do is start going through the FreeBSD Handbook. Go to: http://www.freebsd.org/ Click on documentation and then on the handbook. It is all there. The faqs and other online publications can also be helpful as well as some books such as FreeBSD Unleashed and others, depending on how much you want to know and how much you just want to tinker around. Then, just download the latest RELEASE install CD, burn it and following the Handbook, do an install. It is structured a little differently and some names are different. What Microsloth calls primary partitions are 'slices' in BSD and then slices are further divided in to partitions on which you build file systems. The installer takes care of all that if you want, but it helps to know. ////jerry > > T.I.A. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"